Have you ever been intrigued by the worldly glamour of the translation booths at major international events, or places like the United Nations? Although language interpretation can be performed with the simplest of means, we’ve become accustomed to the multicultural embrace of simultaneous headphone interpretation as a “must” for virtually all types of meetings. American […]

Software localization (often simply called “localization”) is a means of adapting computer software to different languages and regional differences. Specifically, localization is the process of adapting software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text. In contrast, internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can […]

There are distinct reasons for using dubbing or subtitling as the primary method of reaching an overseas audience. Each has different strengths and each is dominant in certain media markets. Subtitling is one major method for making films accessible to foreign language audiences. Though subtitling has been done since the earliest days of sound films, […]

Dubbing and subtitling are the two methods of making movies live up to their proud billing as ‘the universal language of the screen’. Without language translation there would never have been a film industry with worldwide appeal. Many Americans, living in the largest of English-speaking countries, would be surprised to find out how dependent Hollywood […]

ASL is a manual language or visual language, meaning that the information is expressed not with combinations of sounds but with combinations of hand shapes, palm orientations, movements of the hands, arms and body, location in relation to the body, and facial expressions. ASL is not a written language. There is no one-to-one correspondence between […]

Since 1985, American Language Services has provided outstanding Braille translators and transcriptionists worldwide. Braille is a unique and important international language. It is vital to understand the general nature and specific idiosyncrasies of Braille. Most people would be surprised to know that Braille didn’t start as a language for the blind, nor’in fact’did it originate […]

CART Service provides instantaneous translation of what is being said into visual print display so that it can be read (instead of heard). CART is also referred to as realtime captioning. CART Service is one means of communication access for deaf or hard of hearing individuals who read English fluently. There has been some controversy […]

One of the oddities of human language is the number of ways that words can be written down around the world. It’s well known to most people that some languages, like Chinese and Japanese, can be written right to left, and sometimes even top to bottom vertically, but the variety goes much deeper than that. […]

American Language Services (AML-Global) has a long history of customer satisfaction. Since AML-Global has no shortage of satisfied clients, we’ve decided to share a few success stories directly from our clientele to you. LAUSD: Recently, we filled an assignment for a Lao interpreter for our long time client of 20+ years, The Los Angeles Unified […]

In the world of interpretation there is one special language–highly requested language–that stands apart from the rest: it has no written words, and it is never spoken. So what is this mystery language that has no written alphabet and is never spoken? The language is ASL or American Sign Language and is utilized by many […]

The editing process is one very crucial step involved in completing a translation project.. After a translator completes a translation, the document may be sent to a separate expert for editing. Editing is especially used for documents that need to be ‘print-ready’ at the completion of the project so every step must be taken to […]

We’ve discussed translation and interpreting in length, but there is one type of service that we have yet to tackle. Professional Transcription services. Transcription is the conversion of spoken language into written, typewritten or printed form. The spoken-language source usually comes from a recording in DVD/CD format, audio cassette/microcassette or digital files. The content on […]