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01/18/2025

New words from dictionaries in 2024:

Bed rotting: Spending many hours in bed during the day, often with snacks or an electronic device

Global boiling: A nonscientific term used to emphasize the trend toward and severity of extreme heat events

Ensh*ttification: The gradual degradation of an online platform or service's functionality

Buzzed: An adjective that means excited

Large language model / LLM: A computer program or artificial intelligence system capable of understanding and generating human-like text

Touch grass: To participate in normal activities in the real world especially as opposed to online experiences and interactions

Midwest nice: A courteous and agreeable manner, often involving self-deprecation, politeness, and avoidance of conflict

Schmaltz: Used figuratively for anything perceived to have too much sentimentality or melodrama

12/19/2024

12/19/2024

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12/06/2024

* They're vs. Their vs. There
* Your vs. You're
* Its vs. It's
* Affect vs. Effect
* Me vs. I
* To vs. Too
* Do's and Don'ts
* i.e. vs. e.g.
* Who vs. That
* Who vs. Whom vs. Whose vs. Who's
* Less vs. Fewer
* Compliment vs. Complement
* Farther vs. Further
* Title Capitalization
* Between vs. Among

11/07/2024

Mediation should always be considered to resolve disputes before reaching the court.

Siempre debe considerarse la mediación para resolver conflictos antes de llegar a los tribunales.

03/14/2024

Thank you to all of our presenters and volunteers who gave of their time and knowledge for our Advanced Family Mediation Training. Montgomery County Women's Center Lone Star Legal Aid Montgomery County Law Library Reitzer, Loudin & Montgomery, PC Steinmann Law Firm, Counsel and Services CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County, Inc. Kalish Law Office USA Certified Interpreters LLC SHSU Student Legal and Mediation Services

12/24/2023

Verbatim Interpretation: an Oxymoron
Originally submitted but not accepted for publication in 1999.

by Holly Mikkelson

Originally submitted but not accepted for publication in 1999. by Holly Mikkelson I. Introduction The standards of practice of the court interpreting profession, rather than being defined internally, are imposed by statutes and rules of court. There is an inherent conflict between the legal professi...

12/24/2023

Supreme Court establishes the difference between an interpreter and a translator.

*1998 Syllabus[*]

Title 28 U.S.C. § 1920, as amended by the Court Interpreters Act, includes "compensation of interpreters" among the costs that may be awarded to prevailing parties in federal-court lawsuits. § 1920(6). In this case, the District Court awarded costs to respondent as the prevailing party in a civil action instituted by petitioner. The award included the cost of translating from Japanese to English certain documents that respondent used in preparing its defense. The Ninth Circuit affirmed, concluding that § 1920(6) covers the cost of translating documents as well as the cost of translating live speech.

Held: Because the ordinary meaning of "interpreter" is someone who translates orally from one language to another, the category "compensation of interpreters" in § 1920(6) does not include the cost of document translation. Pp. 2000-2007.

Douglas F. Cushnie, Saipan, MP, Donald B. Ayer, Counsel of Record, Michael S. Fried, Christopher J. Smith, Jane E. Holman, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.