New Certified Members

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

Congratulations! The following ATA members have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Arabic Mahmoud Basal Cairo, Egypt English into French Helene Conte Chagrin…

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Highlights from the Annual Language Chairs Meeting

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

April is always a busy time for ATA’s Certification Program. This is when the Certification Committee holds its meeting to coincide with the Annual…

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Letters to the Editor

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

Is There a Future in Freelance Translation? Let’s Talk About It! | Christelle Maginot Thanks for the very thorough discussion of this subject of…

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Volunteering: Making Your Investment of Time Worthwhile

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

It’s a “What’s in it for me?” world, so why do people volunteer? And more importantly, where do they find the time? Read on to learn how to select and manage volunteer activities. You’ll also find out how choosing the right volunteer opportunity can be a good thing for your career.

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Translating Diagnostic Imaging

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

Translating diagnostic imaging reports can be a challenging but rewarding aspect of medical translation for which the translator must master the technical basics of the diagnostic imaging modality, the report structure, and the specialized source and target vocabulary.

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Translation and Interpreting in Mexico: Uncharted Territory, Rich Waters

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

The Italia Morayta Foundation, InterpretAmerica, and the Association of Public Service and Community Interpreters and Translators recently published the results of a groundbreaking initiative, the 2017 Survey on Translation and Interpretation in Mexico—featuring 100 pages of detailed information compiled from more than 1,000 translators and interpreters across Mexico.

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Translation Scams Reloaded

By The ATA Chronicle | July 18, 2018

Taking steps to safeguard your identity and minimize the risk from scammers is not as difficult as it sounds, but it takes diligence.

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What Exactly Is a Technical Freelance Translator?

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 10, 2018

by Jost Zetzsche I was asked some time back to write a book chapter about freelance translators and translation technology. Not surprisingly, I started…

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Arugula—Rehashed: The Mean Streets of Culinary Translation

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 3, 2018

After 35 years as a translator, these two things I know: we translators love words, and we love a good meal. The more exotic…

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(Not-so) Quick No-Nonsense QA/QC for Legal Translation

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 23, 2018

Reblogged from the Gostalks blog, with permission This is to give you some pointers as to what and how to check for, hence a sort…

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Inbox Zero: Forever in pursuit of “No new mail!”

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 29, 2018

There is nothing more satisfying than seeing those three little words: “No new mail!” My Gmail app announces, “You’re all done!”, and I especially…

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How to identify and avoid translation scammers

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 22, 2018

It is an unfortunate truth that translation scammers abound. Many of us receive dozens of emails per week that qualify as translation scams… some…

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