Best practice guide to interpreting for refugees and asylum seekers
Providing communication support for refugees and asylum seekers comes with its own unique challenges and needs extra care and preparation. Most people will not flee their home country without having...
View ArticleLanguage fact file: Farsi/Dari/Tajik
Spoken in: Iran (Farsi), Afghanistan (Dari), Tajikistan (Tajik) Number of native speakers: 72 million Learn some: If you are introduced to someone, say it’s nice to meet them with ‘khoshvaghtam’!...
View Articlein other news: stories from the language industry and beyond (April)
Language barriers can cause medical harm – BBC News A woman who went to her GP with a urinary tract infection missed opportunities to have her stage 4 cancer detected, as she used her son to...
View Articleyour month ahead – Important upcoming dates for your calendar (May)
6 – 12 – Deaf Awareness Week Deaf Awareness Week, launched by the UK Council of Deafness, takes place annually and aims to raise awareness of the barriers that prevent deaf and Deaf people from...
View ArticleDo you know about Easy Read translation?
Accessibility is very close to our hearts at TLS; it’s also a legal obligation under the Equality Act (2010). All organisations must provide information to their users in an accessible format.What...
View ArticleTLS in partnership with Redbridge Council to provide on-demand BSL service
TLS in partnership with Redbridge Council to provide on-demand BSL serviceWe are delighted to have worked with Redbridge Council and Sign Solutions to launch a brand new on-demand BSL video service...
View ArticleThe Linguist’s Story – May
Every month, we get to know a bit more about one of our linguists. This month, meet Sahra Ali, an interpreter working in Arabic and Somali. Tell us about the work you do for TLS.I currently work as an...
View ArticleLanguage Fact File – Somali
Spoken in: Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and northeastern Kenya.Number of native speakers: 24 millionLearn some: Greet a long lost friend with ‘Wakhti dheer kuma arag!”, which means ‘long time, no...
View ArticleIn other news: stories from the language industry and beyond (May)
DEI is a lightning rod for controversy – but the practice isn’t dead – BBC Worklife A look at DEI initiatives in the workplace in the context of continuing debate about their place. North East...
View ArticleOn the calendar – important dates for your calendar (May)
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