Pennsylvania Recruiting Bilingual Workers with a Pay Incentive Pilot Program
Pennsylvania is launching a six-month pilot program to recruit more than a thousand bilingual workers to the state鈥檚 workforce. The pilot program will focus…
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A County in Illinois Rolls Out 鈥淚 Speak鈥 Cards as Part of April鈥檚 鈥淟anguage Access Month鈥
Cook County in Illinois is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of the language they speak. People who don鈥檛 speak…
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Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Ukrainian Literature Translations at Harvard
The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities has terminated a grant for publishing Ukrainian literature in English translation at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute…
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Washington State Senate Passes Bill Enhancing Court Interpreting Services for Non-English Speakers
The Washington State Senate has passed a bill to enhance court interpreting services, paving the way for greater access to fair trials for limited-English-proficient…
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National Weather Service to Resume Translating Its Products for Non-English Speakers
The National Weather Service (NWS) will resume translating its products for non-English speakers by the end of April. NWS paused the translations of weather…
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Newsbriefs: April 30, 2025
Happy Birthday, ATA! On May 1, 1959, a group of freelance translators and agency owners gathered for a meeting at New York University for…
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Celebrating 66 Years of ATA!
May 1, 2025, marks the 66th year since ATA’s founding! On May 1, 1959, a group of freelance translators and agency owners gathered for…
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Translator Profile: Lucy Gunderson, CT
Many of you may know Russian-into-English translator Lucy Gunderson from her leadership with the ATA Divisions Committee and the Slavic Languages Division. I had…
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Newsbriefs: March 27, 2025
Leading Language Organizations Oppose Executive Order 14224, Warn of Potential Consequences ATA, together with five of the nation鈥檚 leading professional organizations from the language…
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The High Stakes of Legal Interpretation: Why You Need a Certified Court Interpreter in Colorado
Why accurate legal interpretation matters In the legal system, language accuracy is a matter of justice. Court proceedings rely on precise communication to ensure…
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Leading Language Organizations Oppose Executive Order 14224, Warn of Potential Consequences
Six major organizations from the language services sector in the United States have issued a joint statement opposing President Trump鈥檚 recent Executive Order 14224,…
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Embracing the Part-Time Paradigm: Empowering Part-Time Professionals to Adopt the Small-Business-Owner Mentality
Many language professionals start out doing their work 鈥渙n the side鈥 of whatever else they are doing in life. When people find out you…
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