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What Are Sworn Translation Services

What Are Sworn Translation Services? Sworn translation services provide legally recognised translations of official documents. These services ensure that documents maintain their legal validity across different languages and jurisdictions. Translators undertaking this task are often certified by a government or recognized authority. They take an oath to ensure accuracy and faithful translation of…

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Choosing the Right Immigration Translation Service

Immigrating to a new country often requires the translation of various documents, from birth certificates to academic transcripts. Selecting the right immigration translation service is essential to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance with immigration requirements. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you choose the best immigration translation service for your needs.

Understanding Your Translation Needs

Before choosing a translation service, identify the specific documents that require translation and their intended use. Consider factors such as:

Document Types: Determine the types of documents you need to translate, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, academic transcripts, or legal contracts.

Language Pairs: Identify the languages involved in the translation, ensuring that the translation service offers expertise in both the source and target languages.

Certification Requirements: Determine whether your translated documents need to be certified or notarized for immigration purposes.

Assessing Quality and Accuracy

Quality and accuracy are paramount when it comes to immigration translation. Consider the following factors to assess the quality of a translation service:

Translator Qualifications: Ensure that the translation service employs certified translators with expertise in immigration documentation and familiarity with legal terminology.

Quality Assurance Processes: Inquire about the quality assurance processes employed by the translation service, such as proofreading and editing, to ensure accurate and error-free translations.

Sample Translations: Request sample translations or references to assess the quality of the translation service's work and its suitability for your needs.

Compliance with Immigration Requirements

Immigration authorities often have specific requirements regarding document translation. Choose a translation service that:

Adheres to USCIS Standards: Ensure that the translation service follows the standards set by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or relevant immigration authorities.

Offers Certification Options: Select a translation service that provides certification or notarization options for translated documents, as required by immigration regulations.

Handles Sensitive Information Securely: Verify that the translation service has robust security measures in place to protect sensitive personal information contained in your documents.

Considerations for Turnaround Time and Cost

When choosing an immigration translation service, consider factors such as:

Turnaround Time: Determine the time frame within which you need your documents translated and choose a service that can accommodate your timeline without compromising quality.

Cost: Obtain quotes from multiple translation services and compare prices while considering the quality and level of service offered.

Choosing the right immigration translation service is crucial for ensuring accurate, reliable, and compliant translations of your documents. By considering factors such as quality, compliance, turnaround time, and cost, you can select a translation service that meets your immigration needs effectively. Remember to prioritize quality and accuracy to avoid potential complications in your immigration process.

[bettyclampkin]

The Importance of Understanding in Immigration Translation

Explore how cultural understanding enriches immigration translation, fostering effective communication across diverse communities.

Read More- https://www.newyorktimesnow.com/the-role-of-cultural-understanding-in-immigration-translation/

[barrel-crow-n]

Having my headcanon that Kaz actually speaks lots of languages (because of his great memory and love of spying and eavesdropping) and that he makes Nina translate for no reason because he finds it funny be supported by @19burstraat is so validating

[lovech1ld]

demetri from cobra Kai is obviously Greek American and I so wish they had leaned into that because I’m starved for child of immigrants representation and he would be sooo funny…

alternatively Eli with a Russian father and an American mother

[theoutcastrogue]

The Port & the City

Buenos Aires, photo by lasgalletas (Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0)

Introduction

City of witches and of asphalt, port with no exit to the sea! — La Portuaria, from the port of Buenos Aires

Some cities have a port, and some port cities have a port culture. That's how I call it, anyway. It's a very special thing. It's created by the furious economic activity that concentrates around the coming and going of ships, cargo, and people. A port needs to cater to all of that, the ships and the cargo, the shipowner and the dockworker, the captain and the deckhand, the tourist and the sailor and the fisherman. And that transforms the entire city.

Where a port city meets the sea, there's shipping companies, travel agencies, imports/exports, truck companies, posh hotels, shitty hotels, fancy bars, seedy bars, brothels, strip clubs, theatres, restaurants, casinos, bookshops, tool shops, souvenir shops, fishing supplies, and fresh fish. There's peddlers and businessmen, porters and accountants, all sorts of people, and they all mingle. They have to! The port's there!

Port cities have their own landmarks and geography, with docks, wharfs, piers, depots, gates, shipyards, and people can orient themselves by relation to the water.

New York City, photo by Kari Nousiainen (Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0)

Crime

My gold watch and my pocketbook and lady friend were gone And there was I, Jack all alone, stark naked in the room — the port of New York City

Port cities attract furious criminal activity. Firstly and obviously, everything that's smuggled will be smuggled through here, from cocaine to counterfeit handbags to guns to oil. (I mean crude/refined oil, though with the prices we've seen lately, olive oil is equally plausible.) Port authorities, customs, shipowners and workers, all can have a hand in the pie, a little finger or both hands shoulder-deep, depending on how high up the ladder they are.

Second, ports are always full of newcomers, sailors and passengers, and all newcomers are potential marks. Con artists, scammers, and grifters of all sorts can ply their trade here. There's also a lot of shilling for more or less legitimate businesses (come buy this, sir! rent a room here, ma'am! oh but you must have a drink there, buddy!), and peddling less then legitimate goods (may I interest you in a fine watch? Rayban glasses, I have Rayban glasses! 100% genuine!). And then there's good old pickpocketing. Although in most cases, pickpockets are not allowed to operate within the port itself: it's bad for everyone else's business, and unlike cops, "everyone else" can actually enforce that.

And third, there's the entertainment sector: the trifecta of night life, sex work, and gambling, all going hand in hand with the sale and consumption of drugs and booze. Expect the port city to be much more entangled in all that than other cities, and the port itself to attract the bulk of it, or the worst of it. Things that are theoretically illegal might be tolerated here, things that are heavily regulated elsehwhere might follow their own rules here, and things that are otherwise unheard of can be found here. What are you into? Step right up but beware: the large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The upshot of all this is that people in the port's vicinity (not the whole city, though) are more likely to be involved, or at least personally know someone who's involved, in profoundly shady and/or illegal business. And that certainly affects the culture. Breaking the law is more "eh" than "oh my!".

Clydebuilt Museum, photo by Paisley Scotland (Creative Commons CC BY 2.0)

Politics

All my life I've lived beside the waters that they call the Clyde I build the ships and watch them glide down the Broomielaw, sir Trudge to work in sleet and rain, labour for another's gain know yer place and don't complain, that's the rich man's law, sir — Alistair Hulett, from the shipyards of Glasgow

A port displays furious political activity. Unions are strong here, because labour is not only working, it's working hard, manually, in the same spaces (so they can talk about it!), and facing the same dangers to life and limb. Working on the docks, handling cargo containers, and ship-building and maintenance are very hazardous jobs (scrapping even more so, I'd say dramatically so), and under these conditions, it's easier to spot the enemy. Not automatic though. Port cities are traditionally, but not unconditionally, strongholds of the left.

Today, it's extremely important for the left to take the ports, because if it doesn't the fascists will. The workforce here has significant ethnic diversity, coming both from inland (immigrants and local minorities) and from the sea (sailors who go around the world sometimes end up working in random ports). So basically, this either goes "proletarians of the world unite" or "foreigners are stealing our jobs", no middle ground.

By the way, if all your knowledge about port unions comes from The Wire, or worse (for our older readers) from On the Waterfront, please be aware that these are slanted depictions, and you don't actually know anything. [They're not equally slanted, The Wire is nowhere near the other one's level of shameless propaganda, nor so completely divorced from reality. I mean yes, unions can be involved in shady business; so can literally everyone else in the port. But On the Waterfront, without the slightest exaggeration, is to American organised labour what Birth of a Nation is to Black Americans.]

Valparaíso, photo by [o] Rolando Vejar (Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0)

Culture

Amo el amor de los marineros que besan y se van. Dejan una promesa. No vuelven nunca más. — Pablo Neruda, from the port of Valparaíso

The port's culture seeps through the rest of the city. This is where sailor lore gets created and spread, and a port by definition loves travel and the ocean. Many non-sailors fall for it hook, line and sinker, and write poems and sing songs and their heart swells at the mere thought of sailing. But their fascination is often rose-tinted, whereas people who make a living from the sea typically have a love/hate relationship with it.

Maiden voyages are important occasions in shipbulding ports. A ship's last voyage, before it goes to scrap, is also memorable. If the ship regularly docks there, it will be the talk of the town, and if it's a passenger ship [this assumes a geography with regular passenger runs], a whole mess of people will be sharing stories and memories, waving it farewell, shouting, applauding, crying a little. It can get very emotional.

There's also a silly sort of localism/professional pride going on, where even the port's accountants, who've never set foot below decks IF they've actually boarded a ship, feel like they're a different species of accountant, inexplicably tougher and saltier than their more, er, inland colleagues. No matter who you are and what you do, it's badge of honour to say you're from and/or work at the port, like you're automatically endowed with tenacity and street smarts. It doesn't make sense, but there you have it.

Rotterdam, photo by MaxAmy Photography (Creative Commons CC BY-ND 2.0)

Desire

In the port of Amsterdam there's a sailor who dies Full of beer, full of cries, in a drunken town fight In the port of Amsterdam there's a sailor who's born On a hot muggy morn by the dawn's early light — Jacques Brel (in David Bowie's adaptation), from the port of Amsterdam

A port is filthy, grubby, and hopelessly romantic. If it faces somewhat west, it's on fire every sunset. Silhouettes of gigantic cranes are framed by red clouds like alien tripods. The sun sinks into the ocean, and tell me, in the whole wide earth, is there a sweeter sight? Ships approach like sea beasts, and dock in their usual place like old friends.

A port carries the whiff of grease and petrol, the cool sea breeze, and the incessant sounds of waves and engines and – most of all – people. A port IS people, passing. And tell me, in the whole wide world, is there anything more exciting and heartwrenching than people passing? A port city can fill you with wanderlust and feel like a prison, or a warm welcome, or a devastating farewell.

And if you point a gun to my head and force me to describe a port in a single word, I'll have to say: desire.

Love me, leave me, hold me tight, walk away, forget. Look at how I broke inside, and how the sea has swelled! It's pouring out a riot of colours, scents, and lights, and in the city's gutter it's building paradise. — Ξύλινα Σπαθιά, from the port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, photo by Arend Kuester (Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0)

La Portuaria - Un dia cualquiera (El bar de la calle Rodney) | the port of Buenos Aires

Ξύλινα Σπαθιά - Ρόδες | the port of Thessaloniki

Tom Waits - Step right up

Finbar Furey - New York City girls | the port of New York

The Dubliners - Go to sea no more | the port of Liverpool

Alistair Hulett - The Old Divide and Rule | the shipyards of Glasgow

The Dreadnoughts - Roll Northumbria | the shipyards of Tyne

The Longest Johns - Fire & flame | the port of Halifax

Maria del Mar Bonet - Merhaba | the ports of the Mediterranean

Cesária Évora - Mar de canal | the port of Mindelo

Susana Baca - Los marineros | the port of Valparaíso

Παντελής Θαλασσινός - Άσπρο καΐκι στη Νέα Πέραμο | the little port of Nea Peramos

Jacques Brel - Amsterdam | the port of Amsterdam

Social Waste - Kasbah | the port of Algiers

Πάνος Κατσιμίχας - Ο πιλότος Νάγκελ | the port of Colombo, so far from Lofoten

Ξύλινα Σπαθιά - Φωτιά στο λιμάνι | the port of Thessaloniki

[fitzrove]

Lol today i learned (while doing German homework) that the whimsical Finnish word "tilpehööri" (= additional trinkets or random things that come along with something else) actually comes from the Swedish tillbehör which is equivalent to the extremely commonly used German Zubehör

[firelise]

Ramy » S3E3 (aka every Immigrant father ever)

- Farouk, it's only a song okay? Probably [Obama's] daughters pick up his songs for his playlist. - You're just saying that because you didn't hear the song "Savages" by Megan the Horse.

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

feel like we as a community do not take advantage of the fact that almost all of the characters we have at our disposal are bilingual. there is a world of hijinks we are not accessing

[merlions]

I have Not been watching the debate because my cat got out and I have been trying to catch her. And so when my neighbor just walked by and said to me about the cat I was trying to catch, "oh, she should know better than to get out right now! It's dangerous, she's gonna get eaten by the immigrants, yknow?? Hahaha", well. You can imagine how I was surprised and concerned about this thing that was being said to me

[cannibalovers]

ANOTHER will wip i cannot stop painting this man.

[lady-joker]

god babel hurt me more than i thought it would. i went into it knowing absolutely nothing about apart from what i read in the blurb and that absolutely did not prepare me. it was so beautifully inevitable. nothing they could have done would have changed the final outcome. robin's story ended where it began. we don't know his name. ramy, poor sweet lovely ramy and oh god victoire, choosing to live not despite it all but because of it all. and letty. her fate was always decided from the start wasn't it? she was always going to betray them. god my stomach hurts when i think about them 😭

[whitehartlane]

been home for like two days and my parents have already dragged me everywhere for countless errands i’m tired

[chicago-geniza]

It's so funny that the Polish government makes a big song and dance about offering citizenship to displaced Jews and their descendents but I have been in a bureaucratic stalemate with the town of Zamość for like 5 years because my grandmother's birth records were unsurprisingly destroyed in WWII lol

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

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[solradguy]

Sol I gotta ask, when you read japanese, are you at the level where you can read it casually, or does understanding it still take effort? Because even though I've got the basic gist of my second language down, I still would struggle with picking up a novel and consuming it, actively translating the text in my brain takes so much extra effort than skimming words in english 🥲

If it's baby level I can read it just fine haha but longer stuff is impossible without Yomitan because there are just so... many..... kanji......... Picking up a physical novel or newspaper and being able to understand 100% of it is still beyond my skill level, but I am probably at least to a point where I could give like a vague summary of what's happening.

I'm not sure how many kanji I have memorized exactly... When I started the Begin translation a few years back I probably knew maybe 200 (what was I doing translating books at just 200 kanji?!?) and I'd be surprised if I knew less than 800 now, which is nearly a third of the recommended number needed to fully understand a newspaper (~2200). That's just kanji though, my actual vocabulary is a lot higher than that lol

I'd love to take an actual Japanese class some day... Self study has gotten me REALLY far but, like you, there are a lot of times where I have to translate it into English before it clicks with my brain, and I think I would be a lot more efficient at translating in general too if I had more professional studying. Maybe some day!!