Are you excited when your state court administration calls you for an interpreting assignment? Are you dismayed at the interpreter pay? Do the court officials make your life miserable? Some time ago, I e-mailed a colleague to ask her to send me her court certification. She responded and wrote me that she is doing ministry […]
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Everyone hates this scenario. Its presence pervades all lines of work. You are with a colleague, and you observe this person behaving badly. What thoughts race through your mind (I don’t know you; are you drunk; did you forget your medication)? More importantly, what is your reaction? Not your knee-jerk reaction that will certainly bring
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Although it might seem time consuming, planning ahead for the year will turn out to be an efficient use of your time and effort. These steps assume that you already have a business plan. If you are in business and don’t have a business plan, I strongly suggest you prepare one and then review and
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Those annoying pink ribbons…they have their purpose, but I despise them. I feel like I’m advertising my newbie status for all my colleagues to see. Lest I feel lonely, scores of colleagues surround me also sporting pink ribbons. Due to my Sandler training, I attend functions with goals. On Wednesday, October 24, the Welcome Reception
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I would imagine that a native Japanese speaker may cringe upon conversing with a Japanese-American. Portuguese nationals may be appalled by Brazilian Portuguese. There has been much jesting on the part of Britons that Americans have corrupted English. Have you ever heard of linguistic (or language) interference? Honestly, I never heard the term until July
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I’ll never forget the day I was sitting down with my fiancée and her bridesmaids watching a tragic movie. At the end of the movie, during a heart-wrenching scene, I began to feel the emotion welling up inside. I was about to cry, so instead I burst out in laughter. Needless to say, none of
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Here we go again. It was 9:00 p.m., almost bedtime. I was winding down talking with my daughter about her homework when the phone rang. Emily runs in the room with the ringing phone saying, “You deal with it!” “Hello,” I answered. “Mr. Alfonso, it’s me the guy that asked you to run across town
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There was so much going on at the conference that I don’t want to bore you with every detail. I just would like to share a few highlights that I really enjoyed. Thursday, October 25 Lightning talks: The Future of Translation and Interpreting by Karen Tkaczyk Bottom line: we can expect big changes in technology.
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My partner Emily seemed to be very annoyed with a potential translation client. For the life of me, I don’t understand why. You see, the potential client called and explained that she needed translation on a couple of very simple documents, less than a page each. She wanted to know the price, even telling us
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A few days after that terrible tragedy, I was going stir crazy, so I took a walk in the neighborhood. From where I lived in Sunset Park Brooklyn, lower Manhattan could easily be seen and served as a constant reminder. As I walked and pondered my life, I bumped into my friend Willie. “Hey Jeff,
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Phone : (864) 271-2954
Email : office@ArchwaySL.com
Address : P.O. Box 27309 Greenville, SC 29616
Archway also bridges the gap in communication by offering a wide variety of interpreting and translation services.
Archway also bridges the gap in communication by offering a wide variety of interpreting and translation services.
