It's a Tower of Babel out there. I'm not referring to the fact that more than 8% of the U.S. population has limited English reading or speaking proficiency, or that in America, residents speak ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine going to the doctor and not understanding what is being said at your appointment. That's the reality for some East Tennesseans in the Latino community. An East Tennessee ...

Those who are hearing impaired say a woman who provided sign language interpreter services for Tampa Police during a press conference last week gave gibberish instead. That incident is highlighting ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Many of us take for granted the ability to talk with our health care provider but for many of our neighbors there is a language barrier to receiving adequate care. A program ...

Interpreters convert information from one language to another — or, in the case of sign language interpreters, between spoken language and sign language. For the latter, they interpret both spoken ...