How to Use Technology to Prepare for Interpreting Assignments
Discover the apps and tools that will turbocharge your preparation for interpreting assignments. Are you sometimes thrown into a meeting at the last moment without much time to prepare? Do you struggle to find the right terminology for your interpreting assignments? Wish you knew how to use technology to prepare faster and more accurately? In…
Manage Your Translation Business Wisely with a 90-Day Plan
Learn how to take your translation and interpreting business to the next level with clear goals and a 90-day plan for effective management! Being a translator is harder than it looks. It's not just the translating or interpreting—you also have to manage a complex business with any number of moving parts and systems that must…
Translating Intellectual Property-Related Legal Documents: Petitions, Grants, and Litigation
Build a solid foundation for understanding intellectual property (IP) law and some of the key terminology used in the field. Globalization, the internet, and digital data have all contributed to making IP a growing topic in legal translation. There are many types of IP documents that require translation, and even experienced legal translators often feel…
ATA Member Orientation
Start your membership off on the right foot by learning how to take advantage of all the benefits ATA has to offer!
Setting and Raising Your Rates as a Freelancer
How do you set or raise rates for your translation and interpreting services? Hint: It’s not about what someone else charges! Knowing how much you need to earn in order to reach your financial goals is a key part of being a freelancer, but many translators and interpreters are not "numbers people" and struggle to…
Mentoring Program: Open for Applications
Get the Support You Need! ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees and mentors benefit from this mutually rewarding program. Mentee applications are accepted from January 1 through March 31, while Mentor applications are accepted all year. The program runs from May 1 through October 31 each…
Using TransTools and TransTools+ to Improve Your Translation Process
Learn how to use TransTools and TransTools+ to overcome CAT tool limitations while working in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents. In the age of computer-aided translation (CAT) tools, a common mistake is to rely on a CAT tool to create a perfectly translated document without doing anything to prepare the original document. There are many…
Reviewing Your Own Performance
Want to measure your translation or interpreting business performance? This webinar helps you turn your project data into business analytics. When you work alone, it can be hard to measure how well your business is set up to succeed. Consistent metrics give you the necessary tools to plan your goals for the new business year…
ATA Member Benefits Meet-Up
Come get a refresh about all the benefits of your ATA membership! ATA is continuously working to add more benefits for our members. In fact, there are so many, even long-time members might not be aware of everything ATA has to offer! Find out what you've been missing! During this FREE, fun, and informative session,…
Virtual Brainstorm Networking
Find solutions and make connections during this networking event for translators and interpreters. Join your colleagues for this fun, fast-paced hour of solving common business challenges in small teams. Attend this virtual networking event to meet new people, learn new skills, and expand your support network, while sharing your own experiences. Don’t miss it! Registration…
Board of Directors Meeting
The ATA Board of Directors meets four times a year to establish policy, develop goals and objectives, and oversee ATA's finances. Get to know ATA’s Board of Directors. This Board of Directors Meeting will be held online. View the agenda. Want to attend? All ATA members are invited to attend. Email your name and membership number…
ATA Committee Open House
ATA's committees work to address the issues that affect its members. Learn how you can get involved, get connected, and give back. ATA's committees work hard to provide a variety of benefits and resources for members, help advance our profession, advocate on members' behalf, and more. The future of our Association is in the hands…
Financial Terminology in Context
Build your skill set for translating business and economic content through hands-on exercises that examine how meanings change in context. This webinar will be presented in Spanish. Does business always mean negocios? You bet not. Some words we encounter in daily translation work pose real challenges when we want to convey their meaning in the…
Trados Studio 101: A Hands-On Workshop, Part I
Make the most of Trados Studio by attending this six-hour hands-on workshop. Whether you are just getting started with this popular CAT tool or are an existing user who wants to brush up on your skills, this workshop’s systematic, incremental approach to learning will increase your productivity for a faster translation workflow. Limited to 30…
Finding Your First Translation and Interpreting Clients
You know you can do this job, but how do you get experience when no one wants to hire you without it. Finding your first translation or interpreting clients is both a challenge and an opportunity. You are often faced with a "chicken and egg" situation—you need experience to get the job but no one…
Trados Studio 101: A Hands-On Workshop, Part 2
Make the most of Trados Studio by attending this six-hour hands-on workshop. Whether you are just getting started with this popular CAT tool or are an existing user who wants to brush up on your skills, this workshop’s systematic, incremental approach to learning will increase your productivity for a faster translation workflow. Limited to 30…
ATA TEKTalks: Is Phrase the Right Tool for You?
Learn the pros and cons of the top language localization tools to discover which one best fits your needs and goals! Phrase TMS (formerly Memsource) is a complete localization solution that allows you to truly scale your localization projects by bringing together an enterprise-level translation management system, state-of-the-art MT technology, and a dedicated software localization…
Mastermind Program: Application Deadline
Don't go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA can help! ATA's Mastermind Program uses a peer-based…
Successful Advocacy for Translators and Interpreters: The Sequel
Sharpen your skills and learn how to make yourself heard to advocate for the policies that affect you and your profession. Improve your advocacy! As we look towards advocacy in the coming year, it’s time to sharpen our advocacy skills. In the U.S., new regulations have been proposed that affect the translation and interpreting industry…
An English-Spanish Medical Translation Masterclass with Pablo Mugüerza, Part I
Learn how to recognize errors in English>Spanish machine translations of medical documents and improve them with a human perspective. This webinar will be presented in Spanish. English sentences from the most common documents in medical translation, their translation by machine translation, and a translation proposal by the speaker will be presented in turn. You will…
An English-Spanish Medical Translation Masterclass with Pablo Mugüerza, Part II
Learn how to recognize errors in English>Spanish machine translations of medical documents and improve them with a human perspective. This webinar will be presented in Spanish. English sentences from the most common documents in medical translation, their translation by machine translation, and a translation proposal by the speaker will be presented in turn. You will…
Discover Your Ideal Client (and Make Your Ideal Client Discover You)
What if you could have your ideal translation or interpreting clients find you instead of your having to find them? As a language professional, you may often struggle with marketing. Your dream would be to not look for clients but rather have them look for you. What usually happens, however, is that the clients who…
Florida Translators and Interpreters in Healthcare Training Seminar
Serving translators and interpreters at the regional level, ATA chapters and affiliates provide educational sessions and workshops, publicize the availability of local translators and interpreters, and increase the local community’s awareness of language services. As a service to members, ATA provides information about chapter and affiliate events.
Pricing for a Profit Playbook
Get a step-by-step pricing and negotiation strategy to show you how to generate leads, sales, and hard cash in the bank. Are you uncertain about how much to charge for your translation or interpreting services? Are you concerned about downward price pressure and longer working hours to make ends meet? Are you afraid of scaring…