http://www.inttranews.net/ News Site for Linguists, Interpreters, Translators, Teachers, Translation Project Managers, Students http://inttranews.inttra.net/cgi-bin/news_email.cgi?action=aff_art&art_id=853098 Neurable, which develops brain-computer interfaces, has developed a virtual reality game that players can control with their thoughts. The biggest challenge is "accurately and responsively interpreting a user's intention," said Neurable CEO Ramses Alcaide. For more information, please visit: http://www.smartbrief.com/branded/D40C5D5F-372F-450F-8AF8-B4574B9A50B1/2A058776-6A04-49F9-8E71-37DCA8300DA0 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:03:44 +0200 http://inttranews.inttra.net/cgi-bin/news_email.cgi?action=aff_art&art_id=853086 minorities and non-English speakers who seek to access their right to justice in Northern California but instead see their day in court delayed because interpreters are on the picket line rather than in court providing vital interpreting services,” Yuen ... For more information, please visit: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7286207-181/sonoma-county-court-interpreters-strike Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:03:32 +0200 http://inttranews.inttra.net/cgi-bin/news_email.cgi?action=aff_art&art_id=853080 But the statute the court is interpreting wasn’t enacted in 1320 (the date of the OED’s first recorded use of “carry”); it was enacted in 1968. Dictionary editors caution against relying on the internal structure of a dictionary entry (its ... For more information, please visit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/08/corpus-linguistics-and-a-dictionary-based-jurisprudence/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:03:26 +0200 http://inttranews.inttra.net/cgi-bin/news_email.cgi?action=aff_art&art_id=851565 A few months ago I had a patient who did not speak English. She came with an interpreter. The lady had been in the US for 40 years (Yes, 40!) and still did not speak or understand English at all. So I spoke to the lady, through the interpreter about the ... For more information, please visit: http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/nash-naam-immigration-and-language/article_2eacb1b4-22c4-552f-a608-ec564c303f96.html Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:03:13 +0200 http://inttranews.inttra.net/cgi-bin/news_email.cgi?action=aff_art&art_id=851045 Dr. Barbara Berkeley, who specializes in weight management and practices medicine in Beachwood, Ohio, said "one caveat in interpreting studies like this is that they are based on diet recall. It is generally very difficult for people to keep accurate food ... For more information, please visit: http://www.channel3000.com/health/mediterranean-diet-doesnt-benefit-everyone-study-finds/596701202 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:03:44 +0200