"No BS"​ view how coronavirus (COVID-19) affected the language industry - The Aftermath
November 20, 2020 - Reading time: 5 minutes

As second wave of COVID-19 is upon us and several viable vaccines are about to be introduced to the market, let's take a look at what happened and where do we go from here.

The chart below is a relative (moving average) number of interpreting assignments completed and cancelled in the 46-week period of 2020.

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We are officially in Florida
July 8, 2020 - Reading time: ~1 minute

We are very excited about moving to Florida. ScheduleInterpreter.com, Inc. is now located at 6000 Indian Creek Dr., #401, Miami Beach Florida.

Our new home is a mid-century contemporary building filled with natural light and gorgeous views. We are just 20 minutes away from the Miami International airport.

Thank you 100,000 times!
June 29, 2020 - Reading time: 2 minutes

June 29, 2020 is truly an amazing day. Today we reached new milestone when 100,000th person joined the family of professionals who use and provide language services with the help of ScheduleInterpreter®.

Focusing exclusively on enterprise market, we always promoted lean operations with streamlined processes that require less personnel. That's why this number came as a big and, admittedly, pleasant surprise. Read more

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"No BS"​ view how coronavirus (COVID-19) affects the language industry - Part I
March 19, 2020 - Reading time: 5 minutes

We should take care of our families and people close to us. We also should be responsible and have a critical view of the things to come.

This article is my opinion and is based on my personal conversations with industry leaders and subscribers of ScheduleInterpreter®, who observe unfolding events with calm, professionalism and sometimes healthy dose of somewhat “darkish” humor. There is very little hype or anxiety. ScheduleInterpreter® subscribers are LSP/C, healthcare providers or court systems, normally maintaining 1:3 scale of in-person and remote services.

Summary

Language industry, being the service industry, follows the overall global business activity. As businesses and governments continue to scale back their operations, language industry will follow. There is some inertia and initial demand for various services. As COVID-19 continues to disrupt normal operations of enterprises, local, state and federal government, we might see drastic shrinking of the translation and interpreting market. Read more

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Analytics framework is approved
February 21, 2020 - Reading time: ~1 minute

Moving forward with Analytics as a Service (AaaS), ScheduleInterpreter.com, Inc. approved new framework that will be utilized to deliver analytical content to the subscribers.

All beta releases of Flawless Analytics are scrapped in favor of Highly Customizable Reports (HCR) framework.  Key factors addressed in the framework are flexibility and device awareness, making future dashboards desktop and mobile friendly. Native and JSON-based connectivity with ScheduleInterpreter® and third party platforms. Open architecture, enabling the use of multiple visualization tools and libraries within a single dashboard.

Flawless Analytics will become part of ScheduleInterpreter®
November 12, 2018 - Reading time: ~1 minute

Visualizing operational and financial data is at the core of today's businesses.  After nearly 6 months of research on the subject of data management, security, cost and reliability, the decision has been made to start working on integration of analytical tools designed by Flawless Analytics into ScheduleInterpreter® platform.

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Speaking English can kill you
January 10, 2018 - Reading time: ~1 minute

No matter where you live, there is an alarming commonality for all English speakers.

ALC UNConference 2016 - afterthoughts and format change ideas
February 1, 2016 - Reading time: 3 minutes

DISCLOSURE
ScheduleInterpreter.com, Inc. was one of the sponsors for ALC UNConference 2016.

I would like to thank everyone who spent time preparing and conducting this event.  Weather, location, food and participants were everything one could be wishing for.  This year event had highest number of attendees and, by the show of hands, many came for the first time.  That, on its own, is a great success regardless of how you slice it.

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