Facts about the Hispanic population, Somali population and other groups in the area around Columbus, Ohio who speak foreign languages at home. From ASIST Translations, provider of professional translations and onsite interpreters for business, medical, government and legal clients.
The Spanish-speaking, Hispanic population in Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County) has increased dramatically over the past few years. Accordingly, the area’s hospitals, healthcare providers, medical suppliers, courts, legal offices, government and social services have met the challenge to ensure that Spanish translations, Spanish interpreters, and culturally appropriate communication is available to…
You need to be very careful how symbols are treated in the source text you provide for translation to other languages. Here are a few common issues: # Not everyone associates this symbol with “number.” In many languages, some sort of text abbreviation for the word “number” is used (for…
Quick, name the continent with the most French speakers in the world… That’s right… it’s Africa! French is spoken in 31 African countries. Out of a population of nearly 900 million, up to 115 million people throughout Africa speak French as their first or second language (compared to 53 million…
ASIST Translation Services Inc. has been translating to and from Spanish for the US market for over 25 years (as well as other Spanish-speaking countries around the world, of course!). Among the frequent topics of conversation with our translation clients are the many myths and misconceptions about the Spanish-speaking population…
Esperanto is the international language created by Dr. Ludwik Zamenhof from Poland. The goal of Esperanto was to allow all people to communicate with one another. Dr. Zamenhof published the first brochure about the Esperanto language in 1887. Esperanto, which means “he who has hope”, was thus born. Since its…
In some cases, you might want the conversion to be an exact translation, but not always.

- Bilingual/Multilingual – The ability to communicate fluently in two or more languages. These terms would not apply to someone who is only marginally skilled at speaking another language(s).