Revisiting the 鈥淧overty Cult鈥 20 Years On

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

A fork in the road for the translation and interpreting profession in 1996 led to a change in the dynamics in the translation world. Its effects are felt to this day.

Roads Less Taken: Beyond the 鈥淯N6鈥

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

I鈥檓 a firm believer that any language can rise to any occasion鈥攊t only takes the genius of an author, or a translator, to make this magic occur.

The Mother-Tongue Principle: Hit or Myth?

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

It鈥檚 difficult to espouse the 鈥渕other-tongue principle鈥 if it鈥檚 not at all clear what a 鈥渘ative speaker鈥 or a 鈥渕other tongue鈥 actually is.

How to Spice Up Your Translation

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

It鈥檚 our job to find a balance between using the source text and still producing an original, well-written translation.

Business Smarts (Nicholas Hartmann, Dorothee Racette)

By The ATA Chronicle | April 7, 2016

Retirement planning

Treasurer's Report for the 2014鈥2015 Fiscal Year

By The ATA Chronicle | March 22, 2016

Ted听Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net We are making progress on improving our financial situation, but we still have far to go. Our overall financial performance in听FY2014鈥151听(fiscal year…

Congratulations!

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

The following people have successfully passed ATA鈥檚 certification exam: English into Chinese Xiaoxiao Huang New York, NY Chaowei Zhu Winston-Salem, NC English into German…

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor Beyond Post-Editing: Advances in Interactive Translation Environments Interesting article! I would just like to make a clarification. CasmaCat has been…

Industrial Property; Being a Successful Interpreter

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

Industrial Property鈥擯ropri茅t茅 industrielle Dictionnaire juridique bilingue Reviewed by: Bruce D. Popp Author: David Brunand Publisher: 脡ditions DHBO Publication date: 2014 Number of Pages: 242…

Hiding in Plain Sight: Analytics Features in LinkedIn and Twitter

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

You鈥檝e probably heard the old adage 鈥淜now thy audience.鈥 Both LinkedIn and Twitter now provide a number of easy-to-use but powerful analytics functions that…

Five Essential Coping Tactics

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

鈥The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.鈥 鈥擶illiam Arthur Ward, writer Upon setting sail…

On Passing the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

In February 2014, I wrote about a subject that I had hoped I would not have to address: the experience of not passing the…