The new rules faced immediate criticism from the Conservative Party of New York State. The chairman of the party, Michael Long, said the translation and interpretation program would divide the city ...

When the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly curtailed on-site activities at Headquarters and other UN premises, the translation services transitioned to remote working almost seamlessly ...

The efforts to extend language translation capabilities across all state websites that offer public services and COVID-19 information could be given more time by the state Legislature through a ...

There can be lots of emotions for students heading back to school, and for new migrant students, there are also challenges.

More than 180 languages spoken in New York City – so if you don't speak English and you have a medical emergency, how do you communicate with your doctor?

In my community and in many others across New York City, the lack of multilingual and culturally-competent services is the equivalent to not providing a service at all. Only when every New Yorker has ...

Transgender people born in New York state, with the exception of New York City, will no longer have to prove that they have had sex-reassignment surgery to change the sex marked on their birth ...

A child welfare translator was stabbed in the chest Thursday night in Brooklyn while on a work visit to the home of a 61-year-old man, cops said.

New York City emergency management officials are apologizing for a hard-to-understand flood warning that flying drones issued in Spanish in some neighborhoods.

A mid-level appeals court had found a certificate of translation was needed to cure a hearsay defect, but the Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer's translation of the employee's narrative ...