Club Briefs - March 10, 2010 Mar 11, 2010
He is considered the national interpreter of poet laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). He continues his family tradition of preserving culture and teaching through stories which teach personal responsibility and respect for self and others. (The Pilot Newspaper)
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg talks up 3D in the home Mar 10, 2010
Following the event, I sat down with Bookeun Yoon, the Korea-based president of Samsung Electronics visual display business (who spoke through an interpreter), and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the DreamWorks Animation CEO and one of the industry's leading 3D evangelists. DreamWorks and Samsung are teaming up on the 3D launch. (USA Today -- Tech)
Under the Gun Mar 8, 2010
From the echoing factory that Miller scours in his first scene to the climactic wasteland through which he, his interpreter (Khalid Abdalla), and the bullish Briggs (Jason Isaacs), from Special Forces, prowl after dark all, for different reasons, in pursuit of al Rawi Green Zone approaches every human activity as if preparing to defibrillate. The wasteland is filmed on the run, under the grainy murk that you get from night-vision goggles. (New Yorker)
In Pim we trust Mar 6, 2010
This was especially important in Korea, where Verbeek worked through an interpreter, and Japan, where he was able to communicate, not always successfully, with a mix of acquired Japanese phrases and simple English. By contrast, the top Socceroos have spent so long in the northern hemisphere that they are accustomed to the European ways of training, playing, living. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Agenda: For king and country Mar 3, 2010
A hierophant is an interpreter of ancient mysteries. The word came up while Bravo read de Matteo s tarot cards. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Suicide: The Logic of a Nightmare Mar 3, 2010
The mind does not experience itself as a scientific object, but rather as an interpreter of reality. One's brain can contemplate one's spleen objectively. (Townhall.com)
Escobar out to improve on and off field Feb 27, 2010
-- Yunel Escobar has three goals for the 2010 season: He wants to reach the playoffs for the first time in his three-year career, steal somewhere between 20-25 bases and be able to execute an interview in English without an interpreter by midseason ... "People would perceive it as being flashy, but he's always said, 'That's just me," said Braves bench coach Chino Cadahia, who's been Escobar's interpreter since he made it to the big leagues. (MLB.com -- Atlanta Braves)
The Tourist Starts Principal Photography Feb 26, 2010
His credits include Nancy Meyers' "What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give," "The Holiday," and "It's Complicated," as well as "The Interpreter," "My Sister's Keeper," and "The Time Traveler's Wife." He received an Art Directors Guild nomination for Excellence in Production Design for "Something's Gotta Give" and won the Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series for his work on NBC's "The West Wing.". Joe Hutshing and Patricia Rommel are on board as Film Editors. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Starlin makes sterling first impression Feb 24, 2010
On Tuesday, infielder Andres Blanco acted as interpreter. Soriano would watch movies like "Rush Hour" and "Rocky" to learn the language. (MLB.com -- Chi Cubs Cubs)
Marines Under Sniper Fire Feb 22, 2010
U.S. soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, and their interpreter ask an Afghan motorist to drive away from their outpost in the Badula Qulp area in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. U.S. Forces in Afghanistan fear attacks conducted by suicide bombers driving motorcycles or bigger vehicles. (CBS News -- World)
A quest to caption the Web Feb 16, 2010
"It was only when they started adding videos that the Net was not my means of access, but it became a barrier," he said in a recent interview, speaking through signing interpreter ... At the time, she was training to be a sign language interpreter. (CNN -- Tech)
You and the Law: Should Dad get involved? Feb 13, 2010
(I wasn't hired due to any great legal brilliance, but because I had worked as a French translator and interpreter. When Masry's partner, attorney Ray David, learned of my language ability, he said, "My mom and her family grew up speaking French in Lebanon and North Africa. If you can translate their letters and be my personal interpreter for phone calls, you're hired!)There was a young lawyer in the firm, recently married to a beautiful gal, who boasted of his non-stop playing around. One day,... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
BOXING: Lefty Valero puts perfect record on line to defend belt Feb 5, 2010
"I've had some experiences and made some adjustments with the trainers I have," Valero, who had 18 consecutive first-round KOs to start his career, said via an interpreter. "I will show something different for the world to see.". (USA Today -- Sports)
* Hardcover: UK: Chinas charismatic last empress Jan 31, 2010
At the 1943 Cairo conference, Soong X the only woman in a room of Allied strongmen that included Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin X frequently interrupted the official interpreter to complain that the Generalissimos meaning had not been fully expressed: If you will allow me, she purred, I shall put before you his real thoughts. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
John Edwards Jan 31, 2010
The ideal interpreter, in my mind, is not "20/20" or the National Enquirer (which first broke the story) or the New York Times editorial page but a sensitive novelist on the order of , who can roam through the hidden psychic corridors and explore scenarios that our current journalistic and political discourse can't accommodate. The possibility, for instance, that John Edwards never believed he could be president and never particularly wanted to be. (Salon)
Read the story Jan 25, 2010
"My children are getting diarrhea," she said through an interpreter, "but what other choice do I have?" ... He spoke to us through an interpreter while recovering at a field hospital. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Afghan general hopes U.S. forces will stay longer Afghan National Army Brig. Gen. Muhaiuddin Ghori delivered two clear messages yesterday during a visit to Camp Pendleton, where a contingent of Afghan officers ... Jan 22, 2010
Gen. Muhaiuddin Ghori responded to a reporters question via an interpreter yesterday at a news conference at Camp Pendletons Staff NCO Club ... They burn schools and they destroy clinics, said Ghori, who spoke through an interpreter. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Prospect Iglesias getting acclimated Jan 21, 2010
"It was quite an experience. I found myself in that stadium and it was a really pretty thing," Iglesias said through an interpreter. "I just felt like I had this chemistry with the ballpark and I could see myself at one point playing in this ballpark, and it was just a tremendous experience for me personally.". (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
Credibility concerns prompt calls for interpreter training Jan 12, 2010
Interpreters under scrutiny ... Even if witnesses answer clearly but in a foreign language, jurors consider them less convincing if their interpreter constantly searches for the right words ... Such is the negative impact of poor interpreters, academics and the government body that employs them suggest it is time for specialist training. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Dalai Lama's giggle wins over Liverpool Jan 11, 2010
The Dalai Lama expressed his thanks for his honour through an interpreter and said he saw Liverpool as a city where people of different Christian faiths lived happily in harmony. "So no need for lecture," he said in English, and chuckled again. (Yahoo News -- Tibet)
Hendry ends Bradley's season Jan 10, 2010
"It was a heck of play. I accused the interpreter of trying to get some TV time.". BY THE NUMBERS: 44 Since the start of the 2007 season, LHP has turned in 44 victories with the Cubs. (TitanCentral.com)
