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February 2010
  • Arts Council refuses Irish Writers Centre funding for a second year – John Kearns
  • New translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s classic text – Toril Moi
  • Just what do you take me for? – Jody Byrne
  • The art of relationship-building with direct clients – Judy Jenner
  • Northern Ireland Judges request Basque Arturo Arteaga warrant clarity – BBC News
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January 2010
  • Translating for the European Union- Pat Upton
  • Aspects of Legal Interpreting and Translation conference report – Miren Maialen Samper
  • Cost-effective legal recourse (Small Claims Court) now possible for freelancers – Elizabeth Hayes
  • Dáil questions on cost of Irish translation
  • EU language industry set to ride out the crisis
  • Literary translation prizes awarded in 2009
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November 2009
  • Conference Report – Translating and Interpreting beyond East and West – Miren Maialen Samper
  • ATA conference stresses importance of specialising
  • Labour TD asks questions in Dáil about translation of new legislation
  • Minister Ó Cuív defends Irish translations
  • Chinese translation dispute: “Aobama” or “Oubama”? – Mary Ma
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October 2009
  • Health Service Executive emergency multilingual aid
  • R&D into automated translation
  • Gaddafi’s UN interpreter hits a wall
  • UNESCO celebrates the Harry Potter effect
  • The cost of competing in the Polish market – Henry Grodsk
  • Concern over shortage of European Commission interpreters, especially for French
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August 2009
  • Welsh makes it to Brussels
  • Dáil question re certification system for interpreters
  • Criminals to gain right to Translation and Interpreting services
  • Ever more language issues in Irish healthcare
  • Oxford University Press announces new Kafka translations
  • Gmail integrates automatic translation technology
  • UK councils’ translation costs in the headlines again
  • Court interpreter alleges racial discrimination
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March 2009
  • Interpreters in Ireland must be employees – Mary Phelan
  • Translating pain into action: a study of gender-based violence in Ireland – Mary Phelan
  • European Commission concerned about lack of up and coming translators/interpreters
  • Minister’s questions in the Dáil on training for interpreters – Mary Phelan
  • Legal documents still not available in Irish – Mark Tighe
  • Scottish police accused of rights abuse over interpretation
  • Cornish translation by Nicholas Willliams of Alice in Wonderland
  • Polish driving licence causes embarrassment – Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
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January 2009
  • Arts Council to cut Irish Writers Centre funding – Annette Schiller
  • Interpreting News – Garda tender process – Mary Phelan
  • Saving money on translators and interpreters – Susan Purcell
  • Murder case postponed in Galway for interpreter no-show – Martina Nee
  • Second EU translation contest winners announced
  • MEP discusses progress of Irish as official language
  • New blog for medical translation
  • New interpreting software for UK hospitals
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November 2008
  • Iraqi interpreters banned from wearing masks
  • Garda complains about lack of interpreting standards in Ireland
  • Court case breaks down in Scotland over unqualified interpreter
  • Obituary: Jin Di
  • Irish Times interview with Word Perfect
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