Translation project hopes to bring world thinkers to Vietnam

In an essay published in 2003, Ngo Tu Lap wrote that the country spends a great deal of money every year sending people abroad to acquire the world’s best knowledge. But he said there was one thing we should have done a long time ago at home: having the world’s best knowledge translated into Vietnamese.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=51834

Sammamish youth is a top translator

Skyline High School graduate Daryl Hansen earned an honorable mention for his performance in the seventh annual International Olympiad of Theoretical, Mathematical and Applied Linguistics July 26-31 in Wroclaw, Poland.
 
He was one of eight high school students representing two teams for the United States. Eighty-six students from 17 countries competed at the event. 
 
“I did alright,” he said. “I’m not regretful about what I did, but I didn’t do great.”
http://sammamishreview.com/2009/08/18/sammamish-youth-is-a-top-translator

AP IMPACT: Many translators unfit in any language

NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days of hiking with Marines through southern Afghanistan's 115-degree heat had exhausted him. This was not what he signed up for.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jFtj29-jIm3u7J40FhgHUodJjl1wD99JPIRO0

ABC Language Solutions participated in ATA's Translation Company Division Mid-Year Conference

ABC Language Solutions participated in ATA's Translation Company Division Mid-Year Conference "Smart Strategies for Tough Times: Translating Words into Profits" which was held in Quebec City, Canada, July 30 - August 1, 2009.