ATA is Making News

The importance of professional translation and interpreting is often not understood by the general public. As part of an ongoing outreach campaign, ATA's Public Relations Writers Group author original articles that have appeared in numerous trade and industry publications.

How to Recognize and Implement Quality Interpreting (Hint: It Doesn’t Involve Your Bilingual Staff)

How to Recognize and Implement Quality Interpreting

With a set of quality standards in place, it is possible to make healthcare accessible to limited English proficiency individuals without delaying patient care or interrupting your workflow. As many as 1 in 10 working-age adults in the U.S. has limited English proficiency (LEP). Let alone the personal employment and economic implications of this reality, when LEP patients are inadequately represented in healthcare settings, the factor can literally be a…

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Automation Doesn’t Solve Everything

Six Things You Should Know About Machine Translation Taco Bell’s return to Japan in 2015 was widely anticipated, but the company’s launch of its…

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Translation as a Tool for Understanding

Legal firm saves on discovery costs by partnering with translation company We’ve all seen the images on the evening news: federal agents hauling computers…

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