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When words fall short: British Sign Language Sign language is a way of communicating using hand gestures and movements, body language and facial expressions instead of spoken words, used mainly by people who are Deaf or have hearing impairments. Used by around 151,000 people in the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is referred to as…
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Global language technology company thebigword Group has partnered with fellow language services group Cintra, to provide language support to the Midlands Police. As part of the latest DPS Police Framework, thebigword will supply translation services as well as their state-of-the-art telephone interpreting service to 9 Police Forces as part of the Midlands Police contract. These…
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Imagine watching a drama but you can’t hear properly – or wanting to sing along to your favourite song but you can’t remember the lyrics. Boring and annoying right? These scenarios can be altered to interesting ones if you simply have the subtitles. More than 100 empirical studies highlight that captioning a video improves comprehension…
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The situation unfolding in Ukraine weighs heavily on us. Our hearts are with our team members, clients, linguists and their families in Ukraine. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the brave troops and civilians in Ukraine during this difficult time. In light of this crisis, thebigword has made a significant donation in the name…
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What is Machine Translation? Using computers to translate text from one language to another has been a dream of computer science. With the massive explosion of digital content in recent years, the need for multimarket localisation has now become inevitable. It is only in the past ten years that Machine Translation (MT) has become a…
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The new normal for the already virtual world The pandemic has challenged us in many ways which we never imagined. Whether it was restricting ourselves to step out and meet up with people, or adapting to technology changes to keep things running uninterrupted. Whilst there were hurdles obstructing our daily lives, there were barriers broken…
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With the constant exchange of content commercially, culturally and academically in today’s world, the localization industry plays a vital role in making this possible. While translation takes away the limelight in the industry, interpreting services are often mis-considered as an extension of translation. Here, we’ll try to understand the differences in a more magnified way.…
Global language technology company thebigword has been awarded the Disability Confident Employer Level 2 certification for the next 3 years. This updated certification shows the recognition of thebigword’s inclusive and accessible recruitment process. This includes communicating vacancies through a range of channels, offering interviews to disabled people if they meet the minimum criteria for a…
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Global language technology company, thebigword, has secured a new contract with Surrey and Borders NHS Trust to support with a range of language services. Surrey and Borders Partnership is a leading provider of health and social care services for people with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire and drug and alcohol…
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Throughout the worst health and economic crises in modern history, CSA Research have been sharing aggregate feedback from multiple constituents, including 193 CEOs from their global rankings. Midway through the pandemic, they asked members of the Leadership Councils to share what they’re thinking about their next steps in business and recently checked back in so hear their…
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Why interpretation? As globalization and digital revolution opens up more countries, economies and individuals to the rest of the world, interpreting and related language services count vital for proper communication and understanding across the globe, clearing the roadblock of lingual diversity. Regardless of whether there’s a need to communicate with patients, business partners or clients,…
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On 2021-12-09, a vulnerability in Apache Log4j (a logging tool used in many Java-based applications) was disclosed, that could allow remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code on vulnerable systems. This is a broadly used as core code to many websites, SaaS apps, and legacy software. We immediately took action to mitigate any potential impacts on…
