Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington DC, is a day marking the anniversary of the signing of the Compensated Emancipation Act, which President Abraham Lincoln signed on April 16 in 1862. The day is a time to celerbate the end of slavery and citizens rights. Also, on April 19 this year was Israel’s Independence Day, otherwise known as Yom Ha’Atzmaut and is celebrated by many Jewish communities in America. According to the Jewish Calender, celebrations or annually held on or around the fifth day of the month of Iyar. In addition, April 26, ‘is Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in the U.S.
Historical Tidbits in April
Some interesting historical tidbits that occurred in April are: During the American Civil War, Confederate troops of General George Pickett were defeated and cut off at Five Forks in Virginia on April 1, 1965, on April 14 also in 1865; President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, President Harry Truman signed the European Recovery Program or better known as the Marshall Plan on April 3, 1948, April 1, 1778, was the day Oliver Pollack invented the dollar sign, and on April 6 in 1896, the first modern Olympic games opened in Athens, Greece.
April Birthdays of Well-known Individuals
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi who sculpted the Statue of Liberty was born on April 2 in 1834, author Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, jazz signer Billie Holiday celebrated her birthday on April 7, as well as Jackie Chan, actor Omar Sharif’s is on April 10, April 12 is the birthday of Tiny Tim, an actor and musician, TV personality David Letterman was born on April 12, 1947, Kareem Abdul Jabbar; one of the greatest players in NBA history was born on April 16, 1947, April 24 is the birthday of Barbra Streisand and on April 25 in 1940 American actor Al Pacino was born… Happy birthday to those of you who celebrate your birthday in April!
Interesting Interpreting & Translation Projects Completed in April
We recently completed an interpreting project for Destinations by Design; an event planner in Las Vegas, Nevada. The project was a BMW conference in the Aria hotel in Las Vegas. The Conference lasted 2 days, over the 2 days several Spanish and European- Portuguese interpreters were requested along with a full array of equipment including fully encapsulated booths, transmitters, portable headsets and receivers as well as an on-site technician. The conference was a huge success.
An interesting translation project completed during the month of April was for a great client of ours Zebra Technologies. The job, which was highly technical in nature, involved translating a service description document from English into 10 different languages; German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Spanish, Russian, French, Turkish and Portuguese. This large translation project, with our outstanding translators, was of excellent quality and AML-Global was able to complete the project with a quick turnaround time.
Another translation project was finalized in April for Bi Search International, a company who is a provider of leading-edge LCD display solutions. An interface app and a manual needed to be translated from English into French, German, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. The job went well.
Timely Tips
When our clients request that translations are done in various languages, it is important that they provide as much pertinent information as possible. For example, if a document is being translated into French, we would need to know if this is going to be European French or Canadian French. For Chinese, there are two main written styles which are Simplified and Traditional Chinese. For Portuguese, there is Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese. These details make a big difference in the final output our clients will receive from us.
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