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  • August 2008

    • Army May Pay $150K Bonus to Arabic Speakers

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Aug 5, 08 6:26 PM CDT

      Army May Pay $150K Bonus to Arabic Speakers

      (Newser) - The Army may pay $150,000 to US soldiers who speak Arabic if they agree to stay in the service, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Army also is ramping up its program to recruit and train Arabic speakers, both in the US and abroad. If the retention bonus is approved, it would put Arabic-speaking soldiers and translators on par with members of the Army's elite Special Forces. More »

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      Iraq  • Army  • translation  • Arabic

  • July 2008

    • US Expands Visa Program for Iraqis Tenfold

      New York Times  |  Jul 25, 08 7:57 AM CDT

      US Expands Visa Program for Iraqis Tenfold

      (Newser) - The US embassy in Baghdad announced a major expansion of its visa program for Iraqi employees of the American government, raising tenforld the number of work permits it currently offers. The move is the latest step by the Bush administration to answer criticism that it has neglected the Iraqis, particularly translators and supervisors, whose lives have been endangered because of their association with the US, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Baghdad  • State Department  • visa  • Iraqi refugees  • US embassy in Baghdad  • translation

  • June 2008

    • Facebook to Ask Users to Specify Gender

      CNET  |  Jun 27, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Facebook to Ask Users to Specify Gender

      (Newser) - Facebook announced a seemingly minor change today: Users will soon be prompted to specify a gender for their “mini-feed” updates. The site has been using the awkward “themself” to avoid gender specificity, but Facebook managers say that doesn’t work so well when the site is translated into languages that ingrain gender into grammar, CNET eports. More »

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      Internet  • Facebook  • social networking  • gender  • gender roles  • translation  • Genderblind

  • August 2007

    • Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      BBC  |  Aug 13, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      (Newser) - JK Rowling has agreed not to prosecute a 16-year-old who got the jump on France’s October “Deathly Hallows” release date by posting his own translation online. The young Frenchman said he never attempted to make money from his work, the BBC reported . More »

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      book  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • translation

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