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Can A Non-Native Speaker achieve the Proficiency level Of A Native Speaker? Learning a new language is a tool for success that will benefit personal and professional life. Is it possible for a non-native speaker…

People from different cultural backgrounds have made the United States their home, and our communities’ colorful diversity is reflected in the business world. This can enrich a company and enlighten its outlook, but employees need…

Moving your family, your pets, all your belongings, and heading off to another country can be incredibly stressful. Multinational companies sometimes require key personnel to relocate abroad to manage operations in another country. The assignee is…

There are two main ways to categorize peoples’ reasons for deciding to learn a new language; integrative motivators and instrumental motivators. Integrative motivators are a person’s desire to communicate in order to continue building a…

An interpreter’s primary role is to facilitate communications between speakers who use different languages. Interpreters working with Global Arena take on a variety of assignments including: legal proceedings, school meetings, and medical appointments. A specific…

Global Arena’s Language Training department utilizes the TBM, our proprietary Training Business Manager, to help us better service our clients. TBM plays an integral role in assuring our language training programs are on track, our…

What is HIPAA? HIPAA is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA and PHI Understanding HIPAA is an integral part of working in any medical setting. While HIPAA regulates virtually every aspect…

Relocating to a foreign country is an arduous task that requires a large amount of research, planning, and organization: from travel arrangements, finding somewhere to live, shipping personal items, and obtaining necessary legal documents. It…

The value of professional translation services is not always easy to calculate. Return on investment is hard to define and should not be measured exclusively on the basis of cost. Translation services are often considered…

Global Arena provides highly-specialized intercultural training programs to an international airport in Pennsylvania. The intent of this training was to build a cross-cultural toolset that allowed our client to promote a business environment where each participating…

At Global Arena, we strive in helping our customers to improve their internal communications and interactions across cultures and time zones. In our third installment of Connecting Cultures, we discuss the challenges and actions of…

Global Arena provides personalized intercultural training programs with the goal of alleviating our clients’ cultural issues. Our trainings are customized based on our clients’ needs and requirements. Below is another example in our Connecting Cultures series.…

Global Arena designs, customizes, and delivers a vast portfolio of intercultural training programs that aim to tackle and overcome our client’s cultural challenges. Each training is tailored to each customer’s requirements, specifications, and goals. For…

Why do healthcare facilities need to use interpreting services? Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandates that interpreter services be provided for patients with limited English proficiency who need this service, despite…

Global Arena has compiled all the essential information needed for interpreters looking to obtain a national medical interpreter certification. Use our Path to Medical Interpreter Certification to determine which one is right for you. If you…

There is a lack of qualified medical interpreters in the United States. The groups most affected by the lack of interpreters are: immigrants, refugees, and migrant workers. Non – English or Limited-English speakers are often deterred…

International Translator Day occurs annually on September 30th. Translators provide a vital service in converting written text from the original language to the target language. As an industry that is expanding at a rapid rate…

The Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training Program is a 40 hr training course established by the Cross Cultural Healthcare Program that covers: interpreter roles & ethics, interpreting skills, medical terminology, the impact of culture,…

The National Day of Catalonia or La Diada Nacional de Catalunya, is celebrated annually on September 11th. It is a day-long festival which ignites a sense of Catalonian national pride by celebrating the rich history behind…

Global Arena handles language training programs all over the world. Our services are strengthened by our ability to accommodate the diverse and ever-changing language training needs of our clients. We’d like to share a few…

Global Arena has reached position #34 on the on Top 40 list. This is Global Arena’s 3rd consecutive year on the list and each year we move into a higher position. We are elated to…

Operating as an interpreter in the medical field comes with a distinct set of obstacles. Medical interpreting requires a higher degree of accuracy because a minor miscommunication could result in severe consequences that affect the…

Three significant holidays occur in May that are often overlooked. National Interpreter Appreciation Day, National Teacher Appreciation Day, and World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development all fall within May. It is valuable to…

12 to 20 percent of employees leave their job within 1 to 2 years of returning home from an international assignment. Considering the amount of money invested on these assignments this represents a huge loss for any…