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A corporate website translation can take your business to the next level, allowing you to accommodate, inform and expand your audience and market share. Whether it’s the high-tech millennial generation or just your average savvy business person, people all over the world are hitting the web to find information and vendors.

It’s been a few weeks since our last blog but we’re still here!

By Gary Elfers

To go along with our American Sign Language theme this week, all of the videos we’ve selected have to do with signing and the deaf and hearing-impaired community.

There’s no doubt, there are distinct cultural differences that come with being deaf or hearing impaired. American Sign Language is not just English signed, there’s different syntax associated with the language. On top of that, the Deaf have their own jokes, art, ancestry, and traditions (as shown in Tuesday’s post on Scottish Finger Signing).
“Deaf Social,” Courtesy:David Fulmer

In keeping with the sign language theme this week, we thought we’d share something that’s not American Sign Language, but a different kind of signing.

Ok, so it’s not the official American Sign Language week. But we at Affordable Language Services just couldn’t wait until the last week in September to spread a little love for the signing community, so for the next week we’ll be sharing tidbits and news about sign language and interpretation!

Congratulations to Serry Hassan! Affordable Language Services is making him Interpreter of the Month for April due to his consistent hard work as a Qualified Arabic Medical and Legal Interpreter over the last several years. On many occasions Serry has been called out on jobs in the middle of the night and on weekends to interpret for medical patients. Without his devotion to providing this service for Arabic speakers, many may have found it more difficult to understand an already frightening experience at the hospital.  Clearly, this is more than just a job to Serry, so we asked him a few questions to try to understand what drives his commitment and passion for interpreting.

Last Wednesday Lynn Elfers, owner of Affordable Language Services, spoke at the Indian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) meeting for the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky chapter. Her topic was the importance of accurate translation in business, and how to set yourself (or your company) up for a successful translation.