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ATA Activities
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ATA-1 |
Opening Session
Marian S. Greenfield
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Jiri Stejskal
Thursday, 8:30am-9:15am - All Levels |
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| ATA-2 |
Presentation of Candidates and Election
Marian S. Greenfield
Thursday, 9:30am-10:45am - All Levels |
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| ATA-3 |
Orientation for First-Time Conference Attendees
Amanda B. Ennis,
Jessica A. Haines,
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Jill R. Sommer
Thursday, 11:00am-11:45am - Beginner |
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| ATA-4 |
Chat with the Board—WE ARE LISTENING
Marian S. Greenfield
Thursday, 11:00am-11:45am - All Levels |
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| ATA-5 |
Skill-Building Seminar for Mentors and Mentees, Part I
Courtney Searls-Ridge
Thursday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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Skill-Building Seminar for Mentors and Mentees, Part II
Courtney Searls-Ridge
Thursday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-7 |
ATA Certification Computerized Exam Update
Terry Hanlen,
Alan K. Melby,
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Jost O. Zetzsche
Thursday, 4:15pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-8 |
Annual Meeting of All Members
Marian S. Greenfield
Friday, 8:30am-10:00am - All Levels |
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| ATA-9 |
Preparing to Take ATA’s Certification Exam: Questions and Answers
Jutta Diel-Dominique
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Terry Hanlen
Friday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-10 |
Workshop on ATA’s Code of Professional Conduct and Business Practices
Courtney Searls-Ridge
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-11 |
Standards for the Language Industry
Beatriz Alicia Bonnet,
Alan K. Melby,
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Sue Ellen Wright
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-12 |
"Boot Camp" for Newly-Elected Division Administrators
Frieda Ruppaner-Lind
Saturday, 8:30am-10:00am - By Invitation Only |
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| ATA-13 |
Annual Meeting of Division Administrators
Frieda Ruppaner-Lind
Saturday, 10:15am-11:45am - By Invitation Only |
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Grader Recruitment for ATA's Certification Program
Jutta Diel-Dominique
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ATA-15 |
Chapter and Regional Groups Meeting
Caitilin Walsh
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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Agencies, Bureaus, & Companies
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ABC-1 |
Does Quality Management Matter?
Javier Labrador
Thursday, 1:45pm-2:30pm - All Levels |
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ABC-2 |
Quality Assurance for the Translation Industry: Tips and Tricks
Dierk Seeburg
Thursday, 2:30pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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ABC-3 |
Quality Doesn't Matter!
Renato S. Beninatto
Thursday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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ABC-4 |
Fear Factor in the Workplace: Would You Rather Eat Bugs Than Do Employee Performance Evaluations?
Kim Vitray
Friday, 10:15am-11:45am - All Levels |
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ABC-5 |
How to Avoid the Six Most Costly Mistakes in a Translation Project
Michael R. Cárdenas
Friday, 1:45pm-2:30pm - All Levels |
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ABC-6 |
CANCELED Why Professional Project Management in Your Translation Company?
Kenneth A. McKethan, Jr.
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Graciela G. White |
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ABC-7 |
Translation Company Division Annual Meeting
Kim Vitray
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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ABC-8 |
Business Practices for Translators
Gabe Bokor,
Joseph Paul Mazza,
Ines Swaney,
James E. Walker,
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Ed Zad
Saturday, 8:30am-10:00am - All Levels |
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ABC-9 |
CANCELED Has the Tower of Babel Fallen Down? Achieving Efficiency in the Translation of Multilingual Documentation
Michael Sneddon |
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ABC-10 |
Survivor: Escape from Project Management Island
Tina Wuelfing Cargile
Saturday, 11:00am-11:45am - All Levels |
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ABC-11 |
CANCELED The 10 Commandments for Translation Project Managers
Luis Carbo |
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ABC-12 |
Quality Control Analysis in the Real World
Kelly Jones Dresen
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Perry Konstas
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| ABC-13 |
NEW
A Comprehensive Interpreter Hiring Process: Finding the Right Fit for Everyone
Janet Erickson-Johnson
Saturday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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Independent Contractors
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IC-1 |
Business Setup and Success: The Basics
Jonathan T. Hine
Thursday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - Intermediate |
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IC-2 |
CANCELED The Basics of Project Management for Freelancers
Kenneth A. McKethan, Jr.
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Graciela G. White |
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IC-3 |
Claims Against Translators: What are They and How Can They be Prevented, Mitigated, and Defended?
Antonella Dessi
Friday, 10:15am-11:00am - All Levels |
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IC-4 |
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth 10 Pounds of Cure: Mitigating Technological Risks
Keiran J. Dunne
Friday, 11:00am-11:45am - All Levels |
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IC-5 |
Risk Management for Language Service Providers
Ralf Lemster
Friday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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IC-6 |
CANCELED Guerrilla Marketing for Freelance Translators
Greg S. Churilov |
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IC-7 |
Slogans, Taglines, and Creative Copy: Translators Hired as Copywriters
Nina Sattler-Hovdar
Saturday, 8:30am-9:15am - All Levels |
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IC-8 |
The Complexities of Tackling an Editing Job: Tribulations of a Translator
Jacki J. Noh
Saturday, 9:15am-10:00am - All Levels |
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IC-9 |
Public Relations as a Moneymaker: What's in It for Me?
Lillian S. Clementi,
Christine Durban,
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Rina Ne'eman
Saturday, 10:15am-11:45am - All Levels |
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IC-10 |
Beyond Translation
Corinne L. McKay
NEW TIME
Saturday, 2:30pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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IC-11 |
Ensuring Payment Before, During, and After the Project
Ted R. Wozniak
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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CANCELED
Language Services Provider Seeks Freelancer: Workshop on How to Enhance Communication
Elke Faundez |
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| IC-13 |
NEW
Editing Translations: Revision for Freelancers
Jonathan T. Hine
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
| IC-14 |
NEW
To Pay or Not Get Paid: Protecting Everyone’s Interest
Michael R. Cárdenas
Thursday, 3:30pm-4:15pm - All Levels |
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Interpreting
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I-1 |
The Interpreter's World Tour: Ethics and Standards for Interpreters Around the World
Marjory A. Bancroft
Thursday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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I-2 |
Vocal Skills for Interpreters: Posture, Breathing, Strength, and Style for Speaking at Length
Michelle Lambeau
Thursday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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I-3 |
Interpreting: Into the Limelight, for the Good of All
Katharine Allen,
Wilma Alvarado-Little,
Marjory A. Bancroft,
Christian Degueldre,
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Isabel Framer
Friday, 10:15am-11:45am - All Levels |
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I-4 |
CANCELED Life Before and Inside the Booth: A Reminder
Paulo Roberto Lopes |
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I-5 |
Negotiating a Successful Conference with Your Clients
Sarita E. Gómez-Mola,
Cristina Helmerichs D.,
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Steven Todd Mines
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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I-6 |
Wartime Interpreters: Japanese-American Interpreters During World War II and the Occupation of Japan
Kayoko Takeda
Saturday, 8:30am-9:15am - All Levels |
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I-7 |
Research on Expert and Novice Processing Strategies: What Interpreters Can Learn
Nancy Schweda Nicholson
Saturday, 9:15am-10:00am - All Levels |
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I-8 |
Clinical Insight in Mental Health Interpreting
Zarita Araújo-Lane
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Vonessa A. Phillips
Saturday, 10:15am-11:45am - All Levels |
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I-9 |
Why Can't I Interpret? I'm Bilingual! Supplementing Interpreter Staff by Assessing and Training Bilingual Employees
Janet M. Erickson-Johnson
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Ofelia Sorzano
NEW TIME
Friday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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I-10 |
The Strategic Partnership of the Conference Interpreting Booth
John B. Jensen
Saturday, 3:30pm-4:15pm - All Levels |
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I-11 |
Interpreters Division Annual Meeting
Giovanna L. Lester
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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I-12 |
Telephone Interpreter Work Environments: Considerations for High-Quality Performance
Nataly E. Kelly
Saturday, 4:15pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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| I-13 |
NEW
Interpreting the Japanese Mind
Fujiko Hara
Saturday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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Literary
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L-1 |
Interaction with Authors
Marilyn Gaddis Rose,
Jean M. Leblon,
Ben Van Wyke,
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Betsy Wing
Friday, 10:15am-11:45am - All Levels |
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L-2 |
Marilyn Gaddis Rose Lecture: The Proprioception of the Body Politic: "Translation and the Phantom Limb" Revisited
Douglas Robinson
Friday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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L-3 |
Literary Division Annual Meeting
Enrica J. Ardemagni
Saturday, 8:30am-10:00am - All Levels |
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L-4 |
Translation as Relation
Betsy Wing
Saturday, 10:15am-11:00am - All Levels |
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L-5 |
Translating the Magma of Herberto Helder
Alexis Levitin
Saturday, 11:00am-11:45am - All Levels |
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L-6 |
Problems of Intertextuality in Theatrical Translation
Phyllis Zatlin
Saturday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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Legal Translation & Interpreting
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LAW-1 |
Law and Order... and Corrections
M. Eta Trabing
Friday, 10:15am-11:45am - Beginner/Intermediate |
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LAW-2 |
Disfluencies in Courtroom Discourse: The Role of the Monitor in Consecutive Interpreting
Marianne Mason
Saturday, 8:30am-9:15am - All Levels |
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LAW-3 |
Translation of Common Difficulties in Contract Terms
Liliana Berna Mariotto
Saturday, 9:15am-10:00am - All Levels |
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LAW-4 |
Vagueness in Legal Terminology
Sieglinde E. Pommer
Saturday, 3:30pm-4:15pm - All Levels |
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LAW-5 |
No Creativity in Legal Translation?
Sieglinde E. Pommer
Saturday, 4:15pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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Media
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M-1 |
National Geographic Television and Film International: Translations for Worldwide Distribution
Anthony F. Barilla,
Camilla Bozzoli Rudolph,
Patricia C. Caron,
Juan F. Tituaña,
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Ipek Uzal
Saturday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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M-2 |
Audiovisual Translation and Voice-Over Seminar
Arturo Valdivia
Saturday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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New Source of Income for Translators Using Disruptive Digital Technology
Michael Smolens
Saturday, 10:15am-11:00am - All Levels |
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Medical Translation & Interpreting
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MED-1 |
Role of Medical Linguists in Disease Preparedness, Outbreaks, and Epidemics: Avian Influenza
Patricia M. Thickstun
Thursday, 1:45pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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MED-2 |
Medical Interpreter Services from A to Z: Learning Experiences from a Children's Hospital Medical Center
Liliana Ballesteros
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Patricia W. Wells
Thursday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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MED-3 |
When a Child Is Dying: The Unique Role of the Medical Interpreter in Helping Design Culturally Competent Care
Liliana Ballesteros
Friday, 10:15am-11:00am - All Levels |
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MED-4 |
The Pediatric Liver Transplant Experience: Providing Language Access for the Hispanic Family
Edna Morales
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Gerhardt Smith
Friday, 11:00am-11:45am - All Levels |
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MED-5 |
Converging and Diverging Issues in Legal and Medical Translating and Interpreting
Alexander Rainof
Friday, 1:45pm-2:30pm - All Levels |
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MED-6 |
Interplay of the Agents Involved in the Revision of a Medical Translation
Sergi Casals
Friday, 2:30pm-3:15pm - All Levels |
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MED-7 |
An Introduction to Dental Translation
María D. Cernello de Herbert
Friday, 3:30pm-5:00pm - All Levels |
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MED-8 |
Medical Division Annual Meeting
Rafael A. Rivera
Saturday, 8:30am-10:00am - All Levels |
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MED-9 |
The Collaborative Approach in Medical Translation
Jacques Roland
Saturday, 10:15am-11:00am - All Levels |
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