How Face Masks Cause Challenges For The Deaf Community
Many deaf or hard-of-hearing people struggle to understand others behind masks as it does not allow them to lip read or focus on facial expressions to judge a situation.
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Language Direct Wins Best Telephone Interpreting Company 2020
We are proud to announce that we have been awarded the Best Telephone Interpreting Company 2020 by SME Enterprise Awards.
Remote Interpreting: An Opportunity to Improve Healthcare
During lockdown, there has been an evident shift of interpreting services moving from in person to online due to the Coronavirus. Telephone and video interpreting methods were already existing but not used as excessively as they are today. These remote […]
How has the Coronavirus Impacted Linguists?
COVID-19 has impacted everyone. Jobs have been cut and linguists are needed more than ever but are out of work themselves.
How Interpreters can help with Mental Health during Coronavirus
As England slowly lifts lockdown restrictions after strict guidelines for the last three months, many have been impacted in different ways. One of the most prominent ways is a negative affect on mental health. Childline is the country’s best-known service for child […]
BSL Resources During Covid-19
As a linguistic company, we feel it is our duty to help overcome barriers and support different communities. There is a gap in communication during Covid-19 as there are no BSL interpreters present for briefings by the government these past […]
What is Telephone Interpreting and why is it useful?
Telephone interpreting works in much the same way as face-to-face interpreting, only without the need for the participants to physically be in the same place. Telephone interpreting can be carried out in a number of ways: 2 way phone call […]
Coronavirus: How can Interpreters and Translators Help?
The Coronavirus has taken utmost importance recently. It is spreading globally, affecting many people of different ages, halting day-to-day activities and causing the cancellation of events. Hand sanitisers are sold out, along with people fighting for toilet paper in supermarkets […]
Interpreting for Refugees: How effective are NHS services?
Healthwatch released a report in January 2020 on an investigation they completed on the reality of interpreting for refugees and how effective services were in the North Yorkshire region. There were insights from 49 refugees in total, along with 25 […]
Children’s Mental Health Week: How Interpreters Can Help
This week marks Children’s Mental Health Week which is in it’s sixth year running. Mental health is important for all ages but the focus on children and young adults is necessary. Creating awareness is the first step to allow children […]