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A wealth of letters in German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew: How a Galician Jewish family got their letters past the censor and to New York during World War One

[Originally published on May 5, 2026, on Abby’s blog: www.ajordanhuber.com/blog] It just so happened that at the time of COVID-19, when some people were baking sourdough bread or becoming nomads, I spent weeks upon weeks translating old, handwritten German letters. In March of 2021, we […]

Latest issue of interaktiv now available!

The 01/2026 issue of the German Language Division’s biannual newsletter—interaktiv—is now available for your reading pleasure. (Find past issues here.) Download your copy today to find: An update from our GLD Administrator, Karen Leube (Translation) Notes from the Homeland from our European Coordinator, Ellen Yutzy […]

German to English Marketing Translations: How AI can help and hinder us

I’ve been translating for almost 15 years—*since before the days when AI was even a familiar term, much less a heavily hyped tool that we “have” to use in order to stay competitive. That means I’ve done the heavy creative work of juggling phrasing and […]

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