Is machine translation the future?
There is a widespread belief among many that machines will replace human translators over the next few years. Media reports keep pointing to the latest advances in computer translation technology and often conclude tha....
Black History Month
Black History Month has been part of the UK calendar since 1987 and has steadily become more popular ever since – being observed and talked about in more and more places, such as schools, churches and places of w....
Amazing Language Facts
There are thought to be around 6,500 languages in the world today (that was a free bonus fact), though around 2000 of these languages have less than 1000 speakers. Of the 7.5 billion people on Earth, just over a billio....
Krishna Janmashtami
Otherwise known as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, Krishna Janmastami celebrates the birth of Krishna the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, Krishna. As the Hindu God of compassion, tenderness and love Krishna is one of the mo....
Why do you need the Level 3 Community Interpreting qualification?
As it is with all professional interpreting agencies in the UK, to become an interpreter here at Vandu requires the Level 3 Community Interpreting Qualification (which we’ll refer to as Level 3 CI from here on) t....
