World Translation Center, one of the world’s leading translation services companies, announced today the promotion of Monica Garcia-Salamon and Uta J. Nelson to Vice President, Project Management. Each will continue to manage client projects and, in addition, will assume responsibility for the supervision of the Company’s regional project managers located around the world. Both will be based in the Company’s home office in Atlanta, Georgia.
We all admire people who speak two or more languages and can switch from one language to another without having to think or translate first. What happens in the brain of bilingual people? Does being bilingual have other advantages than being able to communicate in more than one language?
New research into the neurobiology of bilingualism has found that being fluent in two languages, particularly from early childhood, not only enhances a person’s ability to concentrate, but might also protect against the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia and other age-related cognitive decline.
One of the most popular holidays in Korea is Chuseok (추석), the Korean equivalent of our Thanksgiving. This Korean holiday usually lasts for three days – the day before, the day of, and the day after. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.
Chuseok this year is from September 30th through October 2nd.