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This is an example of translation in the medical field whereby different strategies maybe employed in order to accommodate the more sensitive nature and emotions encountered in the medical field. Here depicts a medical professional conversing with a child via sign language. It requires a closer level of physical proximity between professional and client/patient to aid clear vision but with the evident chaperone close by for purposes of safeguarding a minor.

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It's a picture taken in Luanda, Angola on 2 January 2023.

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This image was taken on Southall, West London, the large Punjabi community in the area.

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This image was taken on Southall, West London, the large Punjabi community in the area.

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This is a picture of church interpretation, and both the space and the distance between them is really important so that the interpreter can be able to convey both the message but also the emotions.

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I got this picture (second-hand) from someone at the Olympics in Tokyo.

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I regret not recall where or what language it is been used, but here I post a translation of Our Father pray.

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Interpreter in a war zone. South Africa and the Balkan.

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Interpreter in a war zone. South Africa and the Balkan.

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Even though I know nothing about the role of the men in the picture, I would dare to say the interpreter is the man in the middle, since he's mediating between the two others. That's what space suggests, plus his body posture.

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Sign Language Interpreter translates Presidential Speech live on TV

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Sign Language Interpreter translates Presidential Speech live on TV

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In a globalized society, we cannot function without translators and interpreters. In war zones with multilingual environment , a clear and honest communication is vital

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Focus, structure and posture are key!

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It is the office of a translator, after getting instructions on how to set up his office properly, to work efficiently and take care of his posture (back, neck, wrists, arms, etc.).

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It's a picture taken in court, where the court interpreter/translator is translating sign language.
https://www.akademijaoxford.com/en/images/court-interpreter-and-translator/court-translator-for-sign-language.png

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I know it's kind of a bad picture but anyway.. it's a foil cover we have on cans here in Estonia. The first text is in Estonian and the second one is in English. Basically the Estonian one says "cleanliness guaranteed" and the English one says "foil keeps the can clean". So it's kind of the same thing but at the same time it's not

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That is a funny picture, shows the interpreter's work; Listen to the speaker then translate to the listener then get the response from the Laster an so on :)

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That is a funny picture, shows the interpreter's work; Listen to the speaker then translate to the listener then get the response from the Laster an so on :)

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Ana Maria Morales Simultaneous Conference Interpreting. Cali Colombia.

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Ana Maria Morales Simultaneous Conference Interpreting. Cali Colombia.

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It is important to feel comfortable in the booth. It is very important to have water, a laptop, material related to the conference, paper and pens.

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A LIBRAS (Brazillian Sign Language) interpreter.

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A LIBRAS (Brazillian Sign Language) interpreter.

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Breaking language barrier in business

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A LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language) interpreter in an Elementary School classroom. 

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A LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language) interpreter in an Elementary School classroom. 

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Artistic project plays with words and surreal translations (Omelette instead of "Omleiding" in Dutch)

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Artistic project plays with words and surreal translations (Omelette instead of "Omleiding" in Dutch)

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Bilingual street names in Brussels (French and Flemish)

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Bilingual street names in Brussels (French and Flemish)

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Here we see an example of a specialised translation( in the legal/law field), taking place in a court room.

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in the nterpreting booth

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and note taking in simultaneous interpreting

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and note taking in simultaneous interpreting

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Talking about  simultaneous interpreting

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Talking about  simultaneous interpreting

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I decided to search for pictures in my mother tongue as I thought that this might give the advantage of finding pictures that others haven't posted yet. I was surprised to see how only a few pictures showed what I was hoping for. Instead of people working as translators, Google showed pictures of 'translating your dreams'. I did find one picture I liked as it showed the job of a translator from a serious perspective and it was attached to an article about what it meant to be a translator in European Commission. Overall, in the pictures I found, it seemed that the space is always organized very well but it was confusing to see that the translators sit closely next to each other. Makes me wonder if they are not interrupting each other.

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I decided to search for pictures in my mother tongue as I thought that this might give the advantage of finding pictures that others haven't posted yet. I was surprised to see how only a few pictures showed what I was hoping for. Instead of people working as translators, Google showed pictures of 'translating your dreams'. I did find one picture I liked as it showed the job of a translator from a serious perspective and it was attached to an article about what it meant to be a translator in European Commission. Overall, in the pictures I found, it seemed that the space is always organized very well but it was confusing to see that the translators sit closely next to each other. Makes me wonder if they are not interrupting each other.

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In Guatemala we have various native languages, other than spanish. Many of these natives are bilingual, because they need to learn spanish in order to communicate with spanish speaking people. Here is an example of their language.

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Unfortunately, I came across with the images of online translation tools and gadgets when I searched for the images of a translator. However, there are alot of images of interpreters and at least, the need for human during the interpreting process is common.
ASLI Ilham

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I chose this picture because it show how simultanious interpreting works. They have their little panel to control the lisening and their notes.

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I tried looking up translators and realized: non of the pictures that showed up were actual trasnlator, they were interpreters or pocket devices. Makes me think that most people don't understand what a translator really do, they think of them as either interpreters or electronic dictionaries.

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The attributes for translators

Nowadays, one of attributes of translators are internet network and gadget. And thanks to these, translators have the opportunity to work remotely.

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Image of a sing language interpreter in a classroom.

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Young refugees from various countries and with different mother tongues learn German in a hospital, in preparation for an apprenticeship. They help each other to understand the vocabulary as well as the German health system and its lingo. They will later serve not only as nurses but as interpreters for their community. 

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Young refugees from various countries and with different mother tongues learn German in a hospital, in preparation for an apprenticeship. They help each other to understand the vocabulary as well as the German health system and its lingo. They will later serve not only as nurses but as interpreters for their community. 

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Translators' images
Sport complex.
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As I remarked encounter translation everywhere. Somewhere the different languages presented side by side and somewhere they are mixed

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In my country Ecuador, it see sometimes "Restaurantes" how "Huecas" in Spanish or local language, in English as know is Restaurant.

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I chose this image because I think it reflects the reality of working as a translator.

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A place where dozens of interpreters work. And certainly translators!

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A place where dozens of interpreters work. And certainly translators!

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I chose this picture, because in México we have 68 indigenous languages, however unless you are part of their community it's not very common for people to speak an indigenous language, and some times indigenous people don't speak spanish so it's a challange for them to access basic services, and be treated equally, in this picture you can see some indigenous women with headphones, they're at a conference and this, unfortunately, is not a common picture in our country.

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This is the link to an image of BABEL TOUR in Irak which I find more than metaphoric of a translator environment in diversity cultures and globalized cities.

Liliana Coloski

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Diary: where I undergo translation: In  my studies and work every day.In shoppings, product descriptions, brands and so.In neighbourhoods, like the Chinese one we have in Buenos Aires.In the websites, platforms and multimedia resources, tv, radio, etc.In subtitles in different movies, in other languages such as: French films, German films and occasionally, Italian and western Europe films or even English films to check.In healthy products  that come from other countries and also in computer and cellphones  brochures, any device that is part made outside the country has its multilingual leaflet of instructions.

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Diary: where I undergo translation: In  my studies and work every day.In shoppings, product descriptions, brands and so.In neighbourhoods, like the Chinese one we have in Buenos Aires.In the websites, platforms and multimedia resources, tv, radio, etc.In subtitles in different movies, in other languages such as: French films, German films and occasionally, Italian and western Europe films or even English films to check.In healthy products  that come from other countries and also in computer and cellphones  brochures, any device that is part made outside the country has its multilingual leaflet of instructions.

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in airplanes , as well. Airports, too.
Liliana Coloski.

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These four pictures show Olga Fernando, probably the most famous interpreter of the Italian television, using the chouchoutage technique to interpret for famous actors and actresses. When famous people are invited to Italian tv programmes she is usually the one interpreting for them. Given the fact that to interpret she gets to stay so close to famous people, she is very envied by Italian men, women and especially by young people.

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In São Paulo, Brazil there are a great diversity of people/cultures from other countries. You can find signs written in other languages than Portuguese.

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I pick this example because I believe that many of us feels like this when we are translating.

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I immediately thought of sign language interpreters for this task. Don’t know why, exactly. Just happens to be the first thing on my mind.

What is notable about the translator/interpreter in the image? Her position, in front of the group and making eye contact with them.

Is space arranged in any special way? Yes. She needs to be visible in order for the communication/interpreting to work.

Does distance, or position, matter? Totally does!

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This is a programme on Netflix called Lupin, which is in French. You can turn on subtitles for different languages- simultaneous translation.

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This is a programme on Netflix called Lupin, which is in French. You can turn on subtitles for different languages- simultaneous translation.

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This image caught my attention due to the position that the interpreter takes in his activity. He doesn't seem very comfortable even though he looks respectful.

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What is translation | translator and interpreter traits | paper and answers from experts

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ggceldxmpjd05h1/translator interpreter skills and traits.docx?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lz3840sbf5mn5o6/what is translation.docx?dl=0

By Anna ❤️

https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/7782950

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Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

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Freedom of expression through sign language

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https://s27957.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/way-of-human-rights-nuremberg.jpg - here is an example of one the most impressive translations that I encountered in the recentt weeks - the pillars of human rights in the city of Nuremberg - each pillar represents a different human right which gets its translation to German and to one different language, such as English, Japanese or Thai. The focus of the translation is on both the formal register as well as on the deep meaning.

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Hi guys! I took the example of Alexandra, she works as a professional language translator. She said online translation is one of the best careers for language lovers who wish to see the world.

Unlike teaching English as a foreign language, translating may give you more flexibility and financial freedom, akin to other popular digital nomad careers such as freelance writing or graphic design.

You may choose who to work with, where to work from, when to work, and even how much you earn.

However, if you want to make a living with online translation, it’s not as easy as just being bilingual. In fact, many unsuspecting prospects don’t realize it can take years to build up the knowledge and references to become successful.

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The picture has taken in a shopping centre somewhere in the country. The coffee shop's name is written in Bulgarian and means Greenwich. The translation is interlingual. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a more complicated example with mixed languages use.

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In Canada, First Nations Peoples have fought for indigenous names and spellings to be added to signs for cities and places, as part of the efforts to reclaim colonized land and spaces and to reassert the right to speak their languages. 

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In Canada, First Nations Peoples have fought for indigenous names and spellings to be added to signs for cities and places, as part of the efforts to reclaim colonized land and spaces and to reassert the right to speak their languages. 

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It turns out while I was searching the image, expecting many people, headphones, various languages, I find interpreter as someone playing someone else role, acting out someone else activities, performance, beliefs, culture, voice sound, etc.

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An interpreter of Italian Sign Language translating from Italian during one of the many press conferences in Covid times. The speaker is the President of the Veneto region in Italy, Luca Zaia. Ironically enough, LIS (Italian Sign Language) is not recognised in Italy as an official language...the last EU member state to refuse to do so!

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It is graffiti in one wall in the city Tomsk. It is written in English, but the word is similar with the Russian variant Томск

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It is graffiti in one wall in the city Tomsk. It is written in English, but the word is similar with the Russian variant Томск

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Where I live, probably a museum should have English version, but in my everyday life I find almost in Spanish versions or I search directly in English when it comes to job related searches, courses, etc.

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Due to the pandemic a lot of tourist attractions/restaurants/shops are closed now so I don't have any pictures of my own, but in Latvia it seems that everything is translated. Every opening times/days on shop entrances, cafe menus are always available in AT LEAST three languages (ENG, LAT, RUS) and sometimes German too. In museums or other tourist attractions you can usually find translations to neighbouring countries as well (EST, LT) or Scandinavian languages.

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Due to the pandemic a lot of tourist attractions/restaurants/shops are closed now so I don't have any pictures of my own, but in Latvia it seems that everything is translated. Every opening times/days on shop entrances, cafe menus are always available in AT LEAST three languages (ENG, LAT, RUS) and sometimes German too. In museums or other tourist attractions you can usually find translations to neighbouring countries as well (EST, LT) or Scandinavian languages.

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The photo was taken in the library of Tomsk State University. The same untranslatable concept was translated in different ways.

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The photo was taken in the library of Tomsk State University. The same untranslatable concept was translated in different ways.

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I had a hard time finding diverse language examples in my town. Here is a restaurant menu which mixes English and Spanish

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This article shows amazing work being performed by a group of volunteers in Florida

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It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth, Florida-based Guatemalan-Maya Center.

Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones and talk clients through paperwork, immigration processes and other services. A long, narrow room on the ground floor has chairs along one wall that are often filled with people waiting for help.

Other activities, like planning for cultural events and staging for projects and donations, spill over to the spaces in between.
Related: In this California classroom, students teach each other their home languages - and learn acceptance
But at least one afternoon a week, a group of high school girls carve out some space in the quietest area they can find to huddle around a laptop.

They call themselves the Mayan Girls.
Listen to WLRN's story:
The 'trusted translators'

The girls, all students at nearby Lake Worth Community High School, began coming to the center to complete community service hours for school. They started out translating on the spot between the center's clients and its caseworkers.

Like many of the center's clients, they're of Guatemalan-Mayan descent. Most of them speak Spanish, English and also a Mayan language.
Related: Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland - should it?
Mayan languages are an entirely separate language family from Spanish or English. For someone who speaks only Q'anjob'al, Mam or K'iche', Spanish would make about as much sense as Arabic does to an English-only speaker. And a good portion of the center's Indigenous clients speak only a Mayan language.

"I have tons of information, but I can't get it to them, because I don't personally speak a Mayan language."

Daniel Morgan, Mayan Girls' adviser, social worker

"I have tons of information, but I can't get it to them, because I don't personally speak a Mayan language," said Daniel Morgan, a social worker at the center who's also served as the Mayan Girls' adviser.

When Morgan sits down with a client who doesn't understand Spanish or English, he says he'll turn first to other clients in the waiting room with more proficiency to help him get information across. If there's no one there who can help, he calls up "one of my trusted translators."
Related: Guatemalan women transform their town one brushstroke at a time
The high school girls started out among those trusted translators. But high school classes meant they weren't available during most of the center's weekday hours.

Morgan suggested they start recording some general information.

That's what led them to hunt for quiet spaces at the center to gather around their computer.

Q'anjob'al on demand

The girls mostly speak Q'anjob'al, which is also the most prevalent Mayan language among Palm Beach County's Indigenous population. ( Read more about Q'anjob'al and other Mayan languages here.)

Ramona Francisco, a high school junior, is the voice of the Mayan Girls on most of their recordings.

She and the others start with a piece of information that needs translating - sometimes a flyer from the local health clinic or the Department of Children and Families, sometimes information passed to them by other county agencies looking to reach more Guatemalan immigrants - and talk through it.
Related: This interpreter is helping get justice for Indigenous women raped and tortured in Guatemala's civil war
They'll usually read through it in Spanish or English, then bounce ideas off each other about how to express it in Q'anjob'al.

The girls aren't professional translators - they're teenagers. Translating a tricky concept isn't as simple as plugging it in to Google Translate, so sometimes they have to talk their way around more complex ideas like "domestic violence" or "average."

As Francisco talks her way through it, the other girls will chime in with "no, that's not how you say it" or "yes."

Once they've run through the information a couple times and agreed on how to phrase it, Francisco can usually record a clean version in just a few attempts. She leans into a microphone plugged into the computer's USB port and spills out the Q'anjob'al translation, glancing down every few paragraphs at the Spanish version in front of her.

Bigger dreams, and bigger funds

That was the Mayan Girls' system for recording over their first few months - laptop, microphone, free online recording software.

Then, last March, they pitched their project at a "Shark Tank"-style event run by Philanthropy Tank, a startup incubator for teen-run community service projects.

"Hello, good afternoon, we are the Mayan Girls," teenager Lorena Felipe Sebastian called out from a stage at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts last March. She and four others stood clad in traditional skirts and embroidered blouses.

She and Daniella Domingo, another Mayan Girl, outlined their project. They were asking for $15,000 to fund equipment, outreach and supplies for monthly community events.

They received the money - and a giant novelty check that sits in the Guatemalan-Maya Center.

They've already used some of the funds. They held a back-to-school event in early August to introduce themselves to the community and pass out school supplies. They bought a laptop and are stocking it with audio- and video-editing software.

A camera and additional microphone will, they hope, allow them to flesh out their simple audio recordings with skits demonstrating the spoken information.

Guatemala has one of the lowest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere, and it's particularly low in Indigenous communities.

Audio has been a useful medium, since it allows Mayan-language speakers who can't read the language to understand the information. The girls hope recording in which they act the information out, as well, will reinforce what they're saying.

A legacy of translation

The Mayan Girls are far from the first to reach out to their community in Mayan languages.

Poli Gaspar Xuncax, the Guatemalan-Maya Center's co-founder who died of cancer in May, started out as a translator for new arrivals fleeing the Guatemalan civil war. She bridged the language gap between refugees and the immigration attorneys helping them build their legal cases.

Later, when Indigenous women were giving birth to babies with higher-than-usual numbers of complications, Gaspar Xuncax and other Q'anjob'al speakers helped coax them into doctors' offices to make sure they were getting necessary prenatal care.

"The women believed them, and trusted them, because they spoke a Mayan language," said Morgan, the social worker.

Felipe Sebastian saw the power of communicating with people in their native language when she first started volunteering at the center.

"They would seem frustrated that they don't understand. But when we're there, they feel more relieved that we're there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them."

Felipe Sebastian, volunteer

"They would seem frustrated that they don't understand," she said. "But when we're there, they feel more relieved that we're there to help them and have a better understanding of what others are trying to tell them."

Felipe Sebastian herself didn't grow up speaking Q'anjob'al. She started learning three or four years ago when her mom's comadre, a family friend, moved to South Florida speaking no Spanish or English. Over time, Felipe Sebastian honed her Q'anjob'al, and the other woman developed Spanish skills.

Now, Felipe Sebastian serves as her family's translator, in addition to her work with clients and recordings at the center. She interprets official forms that arrive in the mail and travels to courthouses, hospitals and health clinics to help members of her extended family get the services they need.

The Mayan Girls are adding technology to their community's translation legacy. Over time, they're hoping to be able to provide that same reassurance of familiar language on-demand, with audio and video recordings that will help guide their community through common issues.

'Press four for Q'anjob'al'

Felipe Sebastian is also thinking big, in the long term.

In the same way that many local agencies, doctor's offices and customer service lines allow callers to "press two for Spanish" and often another number for Kreyol, she said she thinks "it would be awesome if you press four for Q'anjob'al, or a Mayan language."

Morgan would love to see the girls take their language skills into social work, like Gaspar Xuncax.

"They'll be the future social workers, and community leaders," he said.

Like most teenagers, though, the girls have their own dreams for the future.

"Mm, for me, I want to work with the center," said Sebastian, "but later on, in my future, I want to be a boss in construction and roofing."

A changing population

Though Q'anjob'al remains dominant in Palm Beach County's Mayan population, new immigration is bringing more people, and different Mayan languages, to Palm Beach County.

Despite the federal immigration crackdown, new people are still arriving from Guatemala. They are fleeing violence and food insecurity in their home country.

Duke University professor Sarah Bermeo, who has studied migration from Central America, said that while Guatemala may trail El Salvador and Honduras in its rate of violent crime, there's still a high level of violence - and, with crimes going unpunished at rates as high as 95% at points in the past several years, little deterrence or chance for justice.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua also have a " dry corridor " that's seen a multiyear drought linked to climate change. Bermeo says 16% of Guatemala's population is chronically food insecure, and another 22% is moderately food insecure.

"People really don't know how they're going to keep feeding their families if they remain where they are," she said.

Among the broader Guatemalan population, Indigenous communities are particularly at risk. Targeted violence during the civil war forced many to flee to the country's highlands, where they don't always have documented rights to the land where they're living. As a result, the land can be taken from them, and they can't borrow against it to keep their families afloat.

"When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest. It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country."

Sarah Bermeo, Duke University, professor

"When the overall situation in Guatemala deteriorates, it hurts the marginalized the hardest," said Bermeo. "It's a poor country, but this is an exceptionally poor group and large group within that country."

With an established Guatemalan community already present in Palm Beach County, many who have fled to the US have settled in Lake Worth and Jupiter. Some speak Q'anjob'al, but others are bringing Mam, K'iche', Awakateko and other languages within the Mayan family.

"When I go to my classes, it's always that I hear a person speaking a Mayan language," said Felipe Sebastian. "So, I know that there's a big majority of them."

She and the other Mayan Girls have turned some of their attention to recruiting new members who can bring in other Mayan languages. Though the information they've distributed so far is in Q'anjob'al, they're seeing the need for everything from storm warnings to measles vaccine information in other Mayan languages - and that's a gap they hope to fill in the years to come.
This story originally appeared on WLRN.

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It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth, Florida-based Guatemalan-Maya Center. Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones and talk clients through paperwork, immigration processes and other services. A long, narrow room on the ground floor has chairs along one wall that are often filled with people waiting for help.

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I encounter translation in my everyday life. For example in the post office where I picked up a parcel. Inside the parcel was cute and motivation note in Russian and English languages.
The different languages presented side by side.

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By https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv47pa9p26d5z9t/I sit here and interpret me nature and what I can do.docx?dl=0
I sit here and interpret .
I always attract the beauty surrounding me
and the joy of this momment.
The beach to my back and right side.
High mountains are there in the view.
I receive the breeze.
It moves swiftly in the open area
and comes gently
approaching my face and cheeks.
I welcome it with a smile of satisfication.
Me, nature and what I can do.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv47pa9p26d5z9t/I sit here and interpret me nature and what I can do.docx?dl=0

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You can see all the equipment and people arrangement to set up an interpreting event. (Spanish)

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You can see all the equipment and people arrangement to set up an interpreting event. (Spanish)

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Josber Pirela

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I chose a book translator even this way with paper is not used anymore this is the root of the work, writing the words or expression that he must research, today a book translator can work anywhere with his laptop, sometimes even not connected on the internet, this work is so important nowadays because make other people able to read a book that was written in a different language with the same experience.

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Here you can see English and Russian languages. The photo was taken in a Russian airport. The information is mainly in English here. We can only see one Russian phrase - "посадочный салон", which is translated below - boarding pass.

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My image chosen was an interpreter at a medical office.

I agree with the description given about the interpreters job; "Through my own observation and interaction with interpreters I’ve realized that interpreting takes a lot of patience and amazing listening skills, but also has the beautiful ability to express true living emotion.  This way of communicating, using  an interpreter, is slowly starting to become a part of my daily life.  I am learning how to appreciate the extra time during interpreting to see things in a brand new light.  I have time to let my mind wander and take notice of the patient’s body language, the clothes they are wearing, and any other social cues that I otherwise would have missed." Experience shared from a Interpreter of the Siloam Institute.

Source: Interpreter the Siloam Institute of Faith

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Where do you encounter translation?
This is a Tourist sign at Kilkenny Castle in Ireland.
In Ireland all signs, public information and governamental documents are in English and Gaelic.

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I found this picture on the internet, in this case the interpreter has to work under a lot pression because
every word that he says could have a strong impact in the audience but  mostly in the judge. At a courtehouse interpreter keep a prudencial distance between the judge and the victim.

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I usually find images like this (Source: https://www.guiadacarreira.com.br/cursos/curso-de-tradutor-e-interprete/), in some quiet place, using online or impressed dictionaries, tools for research and sharing. I also like to think the image of being present helping people, even in informal contexts.

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Cultural events, for example. This image I took in a shopping center saloon, in Campinas – São Paulo, in 2018, it was created to show this exposition about the human bodies, its anatomy revealing in a three-dimensional way all the organs that make up the body.

The languages visible in the billboard are English and Portuguese (BR).

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I've just look up an image of one translator in action which I found thrilling.

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Looks like something that is made abroad

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Looks like something that is made abroad

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Seems that there is a trend in Russia. Marketers decided that if a product has writings in another language then it is going to sell better. Here is the example. A chocolate bar that was made in Russia but thanks to the text in english looks more posh

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I've searched for "interpreter workspace" in Google and I think that this image is perfect for describing Interpreters' workspace. In this image we can see a room for interpreters with all necessary equipment  as an interpreter console with headsets and microphones.I admire how interpreters do their job:  even in stressful environments interpreters do their best for providing verbal translations.

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I found this image in google and it shows what looks like a sign language interpreter. Here the interpreter is in front of the client so she can speak and understand what it is being said by the doctor , who also is in front the patient. Seems like there is no big distance between them , maybe to make sure the patient could read lips as well.

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The rare moments of a non-multilingual city

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The rare moments of a non-multilingual city

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I am from Porto Alegre and here is very rare some things like this image here in Porto Alegre we don't find very easy bilingual things because of our cultural things, this exemple was the only I could find to show my perspective.

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In the majority times the interpreters working in a cabin with a partner. What you see is two interpreters working together in a conference, taking notes.

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This is a picture of a translator working on written texts. I can see that she is sitting in a quiet place, perhaps a library. She is surrounded by dictionaries and she is very much focused on her work. She made herself comfortable having a cup of tea or coffee on her desk. She looks peaceful and clearly enjoys what she is doing.

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This is taken from google images. Here we see a translator(interpreter) translating in real time between two languages in a business meeting. Here space isn’t important as it would be when translating an extended text, in my opinion. For the interpreter here it is key to translate quickly and accurately to avoid any miscommunication between two businesses.

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I took this image from  Google. I was searching  for this particular neighborhood (INSA-Dong) where all signs are written in Korean.
So in this image we can see the Korean letters from Starbucks coffee .

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Here you can see how space is arranged in an interpreting interaction, how it is a three-way transfer of information and 'passes through' the interpreter in the middle before it reaches the other person.

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Taken from the internet. I chose this as an example of a translator collaborating with their customer or employer. A lot has been said about the myth of neutrality and this shows translation happening outside of the bubble of the home study. I would guess that this would be a business translation, rather than anything as sensitive as legal translation, where impartiality is so important.

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In the image below we can notice a chuchotage. We can easily see that not only this but all kind of interpretations acquires utmost attention, discretions, and know-how. The tilt position, the arrangement space, and the closeness used in this type of simultaneous interpreting are unique.

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So, I took this picture from the Internet, because I haven't found anything in my town. There is depicted a road sign in two languages. One of them is Russian and the other one is English.

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Simultaneous interpretation.
Hope to be like this lady one day.  I think it is very difficult. I took a course for beginners. I've started 2 weeks ago.

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I choose this image because I thing that translators work space should be peaceful, comfortable, efficient and ergonomically sound working environment, to avoid distractions. Also a small office, sometimes even in their own house, but of course with a professional atmosphere like in the image bellow.

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In Zimbabwe when a baby is born, a child health card is issued. This card is written in the 3 official language of ZImbabe ; Shona, Ndebele and English. Most official communication is made through these 3 languages although the country has about 16 languages altogether. The languages are normally presented one after the other. Unfortunately the attached card is not very clear to show the translations.

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The image below shows Ali Sher Kashimi, a Hazara who arrived in Greece from Afghanistan as a child refugee. He now works as an interpreter and translator to support other asylum seekers. He speaks fluent Urdu, Farsi, Dari and Greek.

More about his story: https://www.acnur.org/noticias/historia/2018/3/5af2e9fe64/en-grecia-los-ninos-perdidos-afganos-crean-puentes-entre-las-naciones.html

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One of my favorite movies. I wanted desperately to become interpreter back then and visit UN headquarters.
My dream came true on 2015 when I did a tour in the premises.

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That photo was taken in the library of Tomsk State University. There are two languages: English and Russian. Many signs in the building include different languages due to the targeting of Tomsk University for foreigners.

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The more a translator researches, the more tabs stay open on the computer desktop and analogically in the brain itself.

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This is for an orthopedic T-shirt company. It uses the English very on-trend expression 'We've got your back.' I first encountered this T-shirt brand in a French magazine, next to a funny cartoon about the Hunchback of Notre Dame.