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Antonio Guerra, Cetra's director of Interpreting Services, with his team of interpreters at the US Pacific Command's 13th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference in Seoul, South Korea

How do you say 'shutdown' in Spanish or Chinese? Crisis leaves translation contracts in limbo

October 15, 2013
Business, Economics and Jobs

We visit language services company Cetra, whose contract to provide interpreters at an international defense chiefs conference has been canceled.

How do you say 'shutdown' in Spanish or Chinese? Crisis leaves translation contracts in limbo

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