Don’t Take My Word For It: Some—Admittedly— Rather Random Tips and Tricks in MS Word
Late last year, I was asked to chair ATA’s Translation and Interpreting Resources Committee, whose perhaps most important task is to oversee the publication…
Read MoreNew ATA Professional Liability Insurance Broker; Upcoming ATA Webinars for 2017
New ATA Professional Liability Insurance Broker Alliant is the new broker for ATA-sponsored professional liability insurance. The underwriter is still Lloyds of London. All…
Read MoreInterview with Freek Lankhof, the Bookseller
These days, if we need an Italian dictionary of seismography, we go online, just as we do for any kind of glossary or reference…
Read MoreSailing into 2017
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey As most of you have noticed by now, I’ve been using the analogy of a ship to…
Read MoreOnward, to ATA58!
From the President-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle: @corinnemckay ATA57 is in the history books. And by almost any metric, it was a huge success.…
Read MoreATA at the California Federation of Interpreters 2016 Conference
The 2016 California Federation of Interpreters (CFI) Conference was held on October 7–9 in Los Angeles, California. CFI is a large and highly visible…
Read MoreInterview with Sue Burke, 2016 winner of the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation
The Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation was established in memory of Alicia Gordon, known for creating imaginative solutions to knotty translation…
Read More6 Handy Web Design Tools for Small Businesses
With so much business being done online, a slick and well functioning website should be key to your online presence. In recent years, many…
Read MoreThe Man Who Beat Magellan in the Race Around the Globe
Could the first man to circumnavigate the globe actually have been an interpreter? Most people think of Ferdinand Magellan as the Portuguese explorer who…
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Call for Nominations: ATA Officers and Directors
Do you know someone who would make a good potential candidate for ATA’s Board of Directors? Here’s your chance to help shape the future of the Association!
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Rika Mitrik Educates Future Clients and Bilingual Children, Wins 2016 School Outreach Contest
Knowing that she had to adapt the content of her presentation to the short attention span of three- to five-year-olds, this year’s School Outreach winner used a role-play exercise and some interactive activities to explain the difference between translation and interpreting.
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