| In today's globalized economy, maximizing | | | | who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who can |
| communication is a prominent issue which many | | | | hear. Interpreter services can now use video and web |
| businesses are faced with. In order to be successful | | | | conferencing to communicate with those who are |
| and properly communicate with partners, vendors and | | | | hearing impaired. This works especially well in a |
| employees, business owners and executives must be | | | | classroom setting where interpreters act as an |
| able to overstep barriers caused by language | | | | advocate for students, staff and parents, giving equal |
| restrictions. For this reason, businesses are increasingly | | | | access to education for everyone. |
| turning to video and web conferencing to help connect | | | | 5. Conference services - Business conferences |
| with interpreter and transcription services, providing the | | | | attract attendees from all over the world. During an |
| tools needed to succeed in breaking down | | | | informational session, international attendees don't need |
| communication walls. | | | | to be handicapped because they don't understand |
| When the presence of an interpreter or translator is | | | | what the speaker is saying. By virtually connecting with |
| immediately needed, connecting through a video | | | | an interpreter or a translator, they can fully benefit |
| conference provides the same personal touch and | | | | from what the speaker is saying. |
| results as physically being there. Here are 8 creative | | | | 6. Guide or travel services - While on a business trip in |
| ways businesses are putting video and web | | | | a foreign area, professionals can connect with a |
| conferencing to use as an interpreting tool: | | | | translator or interpreter through their computer. Doing |
| | | | this ensures that communication between all parties is |
| 1. News and Media - By connecting with a translator | | | | understood. |
| through an online video meeting, journalists and | | | | 7. Business meetings - A business may be |
| reporters can interview sources in foreign areas | | | | headquartered in the United States, but have satellite |
| without worrying about language restrictions. | | | | offices throughout the world. When important meetings |
| 2. Judicial and Law - Virtual interpreters and translators | | | | are being held, companies can have language |
| in the judicial and law industry can provide help with | | | | interpreters in the meeting remotely connecting with |
| communication between parties who may have | | | | attendees. This way everyone can stay on the same |
| difficulty interacting with each other due to limited | | | | page. |
| language proficiency. These services can be used in | | | | 8. Sales localization services - It is hard to close a deal |
| attorney-client meetings, preliminary hearings, | | | | with a prospect who doesn't understand a single word |
| arraignments, depositions, and trials. | | | | in the sales pitch. Through video conferencing, sales |
| 3. Medical and Healthcare - Interpreters in the medical | | | | teams can use interpreters to translate their sales |
| and healthcare industry help patients who are | | | | pitch, ultimately ending up with more sales and with |
| challenged by language barriers communicate with | | | | more satisfied clients. |
| doctors, nurses, and other medical staff. Whether | | | | By eliminating language barriers that divide |
| repeating what the doctor is saying or translating | | | | organizations, translation and interpretation services are |
| medical information, video interpreters help provide their | | | | increasingly using video and web conferencing |
| clients with a way to be more informed about their | | | | services to help multi-national and international |
| health. | | | | corporations build trusting business relationships without |
| 4. Accommodation resources - Sign-language | | | | limitations. |
| interpreters facilitate communication between people | | | | |