Amharic

AMN Healthcare Study Tracks 45 Languages Spoken in Patient/Provider Encounters in U.S.

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The new report is based on more than 204 million minutes – or more than 142,000 days -- of language interpretation services the company provided via AMN Healthcare Language Services for patients in hospitals, medical groups, and other clinical settings. That’s compared to 102 million minutes when AMN Healthcare compiled its inaugural report in 2021, a 100 percent increase in interpretation services provided.

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  • That’s compared to 102 million minutes when AMN Healthcare compiled its inaugural report in 2021, a 100 percent increase in interpretation services provided.
  • “Language diversity in healthcare is exploding,” said Jacobia Solomon, President of AMN Healthcare Language Services.
  • Spanish is the most commonly spoken language other than English in patient/provider encounters in 48 states, according to the report.
  • “Languages used in patient/provider healthcare encounters generally are regionalized based on migration patterns to the U.S.” Solomon said.

Ethiopia’s Amhara people are being portrayed as the enemy: the dangerous history of ethnic politics

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

When the TPLF entered the Amhara region, committing atrocities against civilians and taking over towns, the Fano worked with government forces to maintain local stability.

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  • When the TPLF entered the Amhara region, committing atrocities against civilians and taking over towns, the Fano worked with government forces to maintain local stability.
  • During and after the war, massacres and mass displacement of Amhara occurred in the Oromia region, the Benshangul Gumuz region and other regions of Ethiopia.
  • But the Amhara were left out of the agreement and continue to be targeted even by government forces.
  • I am a scholar of history, human rights and decolonisation in Africa with a keen interest in Ethiopia.
  • It is important to shine a light on what is happening and unpack the decades-long project of ethnic politics that has allowed the Amhara to be targeted.

The history of ethnic politics in Ethiopia

    • Ethiopia has a long history of ethnic harmony.
    • When the fascist Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini invaded and occupied Ethiopia from 1935 to 1942 dividing the country along ethnic lines took centre stage.
    • It was carried out along plans devised earlier by the Austrian Nazi Roman Prochazka to portray the Amhara as the enemy of all other ethnic groups.
    • After the expulsion of Italy, Haile Selassie sent Ethiopians from diverse ethnic groups overseas for higher education.
    • The two combined, organised other ethnic allies, and removed the Derg from power in 1991.
    • The TPLF led a transitional government which approved the secession of Eritrea from Ethiopia and the adoption of the current constitution.

The Amhara as national enemy

    • Although the Ethiopian monarchy was established in Tigray and many Tigrayan (and, indeed, Oromo, Amhara and mixed) emperors ruled the country, the TPLF singled out the Amhara as the monarchical oppressor of all ethnic nations.
    • This was partly convenient because Ethiopian emperors, regardless of ethnic origin, used Amharic as the language of their court.
    • The Amhara are labelled as neftegna, which means a monarchical soldier, despite the monarchy being an institution led by kings from mixed ethnic groups.
    • Even if one believes that the Amhara were monarchical oppressors, the monarchy was destroyed almost 50 years ago and the Amhara have been excluded from power ever since.

Heading towards genocide

    • In August 2023, Oromia state government representatives travelled to Tigray to declare war:
      The war we just started [on the Amhara] is a major war.
    • Right now, this group we are fighting wants to impose one religion, one country, and one language by force on all of us.
    • Similar demonisation of the Tutsi by Hutu genocide agitators led to genocide 30 years ago in which 800,000 Tutsis and Tutsi sympathisers were killed.
    • Without more attention and action from the media and global actors, Ethiopia could be heading towards a Rwandan-style genocide.

Yemi Getachew Immigration Law Office, P.C. Has Started Helping Ethiopians Obtain Temporary Protected Status (Also Translated in Amharic below)

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Thursday, December 29, 2022

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United States of America: After an announcement made by the Department of Homeland Security designating Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status ("TPS") for 18 months for Ethiopian nationals currently residing in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security posted the federal register notice on December 9, 2022, allowing certain Ethiopians in the United States to begin submitting their applications for temporary protected status and advance parole travel documents starting December 12, 2022.

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  • This news event is a major move for Yemi Getachew Immigration Law Office, P.C., on its mission to assist the Ethiopian community.
  • Those who attempt to travel to the United States after October 20, 2022, will not be eligible for temporary protected status," says Medya Ansari, Esq., Partner at Yemi Getachew Immigration Law Office.
  • To learn more about Ethiopians being granted temporary protected status in the United States, click here https://www.ethiopianattorney.com/ .
  • The experienced team at Yemi Getachew Immigration Law Office, has the exceptional skills required to assist you and your loved ones' immigration needs.

Mandla App Introduces Dictionary to Transliterate African Languages, Revives Near-Extinct Languages

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

As part of its plans to leverage technology to preserve African languages, Mandla dictionary translates words into 100 languages for a start

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  • New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - October 20, 2022) - Mandla is pleased to announce the introduction of the Mandla Dictionary , the first multilingual, multidialectal, multiscriptual, and audio-supported online parallel dictionary for African languages.
  • Mandla dictionary is designed to revive disused African scripts like the Adlam, Bamum, N'ko, and Osmanya, one at a time starting with N'ko.
  • It also provides users with the translation of African languages as well as the transliteration of these languages from Latin and English through the use of writing scripts, voice recognition, and pictorial representation.
  • Mandla dictionary has revived the use of ancient writing scripts and systems in Africa with ongoing efforts to revive more.

Mandla Launches Its All African Language App, Celebrates Over 75,000-User Downloads

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

To use artificial intelligence to serve Africa, Mandla provides easy solutions for learning African languages.

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  • The backdrop of this launch is to make learning African languages easier, especially for people who seek to learn a new language of African origin.
  • The lack of digitization of African languages hinders their spread to the world, for language holds the key to the world of diverse cultures.
  • "Beyond a language learning app, Mandla plans to build a robust database of African languages, create voice recognition tools, and teach indigenous African writing scripts.
  • Founded in 2021 by Wenitte Apiou, Mandla is an innovative, black-owned Artificial Intelligence company that creates solutions for the African continent and global populations of African descent.

Influencer and Television Personality Faven Liuget Launches ADERA Children’s Clothing Line

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Faven Liuget, celebrity influencer and television personality, launches a kids wear line named ADERA.

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  • Faven Liuget, celebrity influencer and television personality, launches a kids wear line named ADERA.
  • The culturally inspired line was born from the desire to create stylish and luxury kids fashion at an attainable price point.
  • ADERA is also dedicated to giving back to her African heritage by supporting children in Africa by providing clothing and clean water.
  • Actress, businesswoman, and loving mother, Faven Liuget was a star cast member on E!s hit franchise, WAGS Miami.

AppTek Launches New Metadata-Informed Neural Machine Translation System for Enterprises; Expands MT Language and Dialect Coverage

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

MCLEAN, Va., April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AppTek, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Neural Machine Translation (NMT), Natural Language Processing / Understanding (NLP/U) and Text-to-Speech (TTS) technologies, today announced the release of its new neural machine translation system that incorporates metadata as inputs used to customize the MT output and empower localization professionals with more accurate user-influenced machine translations. Additionally, the company expanded its core machine translation platform to support hundreds of language and dialect pairs.

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  • Additionally, the company expanded its core machine translation platform to support hundreds of language and dialect pairs.
  • AppTek's new meta-aware NMT system is changing the paradigm of how professional translators work with machine translation output.
  • "By incorporating metadata to influence the MT output we are able to inject some 'world knowledge' into our platform," said Evgeny Matusov, AppTek's Lead Science Architect for Neural Machine Translation.
  • AppTek is a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies for automatic speech recognition (ASR), neural machine translation (NMT), natural language processing/understanding (NLP/U) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies.

Ethiopa ICT and Telecommunications Market Report 2021, Featuring ZTE Corporation, Tana Communications, Africom Technologies and Fairfax Technologies

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Thursday, December 30, 2021

DUBLIN, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "ICT and Telecommunications in Ethiopia 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "ICT and Telecommunications in Ethiopia 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The Ethiopian government is the main growth driver in the ICT industry as the major client of ICT companies and the majority shareholder in the only telecoms company Ethio Telecom.
  • In terms of the government's Growth and Transformation Plan 2, ICT will provide a springboard towards realising the national vision of becoming a middle-income country by 2025.
  • There are profiles of 41 companies including the dominant player Ethio Telecoms, international players with a presence in Ethiopia such as ZTE Corporation and Tana Communications and IT companies such as Africom Technologies and Fairfax Technologies.

Sharjah Ruler Launches First 17 Volumes of ‘Historical Corpus of the Arabic Language’

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211103005884/en/
    HH Ruler of Sharjah signs the copies of Historical Corpus of the Arabic Language at the Sharjah International Book Fair (Photo: AETOSWire)
    The Corpus volumes were unveiled by the Sharjah Ruler during the opening ceremony of the 40th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) on Tuesday (2 November) at Expo Centre Sharjah, in the presence of a host of Arab ministers, presidents of Arabic language academies in the region and several Arabic scholars and researchers.
  • HH Ruler of Sharjah also unveiled the official website of The Historical Corpus of the Arabic Language on this occasion.
  • We are here to celebrate Arabic language experts who gathered to work for years to document the roots and meanings of the Arabic language alphabet.
  • The website dedicated to the Historical Corpus of the Arabic Language will offer scholars, linguists, researchers and language enthusiasts access to the 17 volumes of the corpus from anywhere in the world.

Service King Names CCC its Parts eCommerce Provider following Successful Pilot

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announces today that Service King Collision (Service King) has named CCC its parts eCommerce provider.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announces today that Service King Collision (Service King) has named CCC its parts eCommerce provider.
  • "During our initial pilot, CCC Parts was quickly adopted, resulting in more accurate orders, fewer parts returns, and a dramatic reduction in time spent reconciling invoices."
  • Service King traces its roots back to Dallas, Texas and founder Eddie Lennox who opened the very first Service King in 1976.
  • Today, Service King operates locations in 24 states and the District of Columbia across the U.S. For more information and to find a local Service King, visit www.ServiceKing.com and follow Service King news on Facebook and Twitter.