March, named after Mars; the Roman God of War, is a busy month for all including American Language Services (AML-Global). Spring is officially here, hello warmer weather! With St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Break and the March Equinox; where the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of the night and day are nearly […]
There is always a lot going on in March for American Language Services as it is for seemingly everyone. This is especially true if you’re a sports fan. In March, there is the famous March Madness men’s and women’s basketball tournament that culminates with a national collegiate champion. The NBA regular season is almost over […]
This February we received three phone calls from key clients, looking for outstanding interpretation services for their important events. We would like to write a few lines about our success stories, so that our future customers can see the variety and specialization of our work. 1/ Louisiana State University needs interpreters for the EOD training […]
American Sign Language has been developed for over 300 years by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Dated back to 1817, Gallaudet established the first national school for the deaf community in the US, which is known as American Asylum, located in Hartford, Connecticut. Today, American Sign Language is widely used through-out America and has become one of […]
Headset and receivers On a regular conference set-up, each audience member has a headset with which they listen to the live translation coming from the interpreters. The headset is often combined with a receiver to receive the signal from the microphone and convert it into sounds. Beside the normal receivers and headset, American Language Services […]
In January, Gibson ‘ one of the biggest American musical instrument manufacturers contacted American Language Services. They would soon be at an important conference in Las Vegas ‘ known as CES (Consumer Electronic Shows), and wanted like to find a good language service provider to translate their brand contents into multiple languages for their potential […]
Another new year is coming, bringing us new hopes, new plans and new ambitions for our lives. It’s a time when companies are busy with new-year conferences and meetings, discussing upcoming projects and strategic plans. Many companies have international clients that do not speak the same languages. It becomes more complicated when a meeting gathers […]
What is a simultaneous interpreter? Simultaneous interpreters are those who interpret the message from the speaker into the target language as fast as he can formulate it from the source language. There are never more than a few seconds of lag behind the speaker. In the meantime, the source language speaker speaks continuously without any […]
In this season of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa as we each celebrate in our own way and with our own traditions.’ Christmas is celebrated by Christians worldwide on December 25, to honor the birth and ideals of Jesus Christ. ‘Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of the lights, is celebrated by our Jewish friends for […]
Wright Brothers Day (December 17) is a United States national observation. Wright Brothers Day was announced as an official commemorative day in Ohio, on October 5, 2011, celebrating 100 years of practical flight for the Wright Brothers. The date commemorates the Wright brothers’ first successful flight in heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled craft, accomplished on December 17, […]
December 6th is the feast day of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children, which appropriately falls during the beginning of the feast season.’ This feast day is an especially exciting one for children as they count down the days on their calendars in anticipation of Christmas day. For the last several years AML-Global has […]
Black Friday! It’s that day you either love or hate. It’s the day to get great deals on Grandma’s Christmas gifts’the day to grab stocking stuffers for next to nothing’and it’s the perfect day to grab deals on vaping products, seriously’. We associate Black Friday with Christmas shopping and buying gifts for everyone else, but […]
