Revisiting the 鈥淧overty Cult鈥 20 Years On
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
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?
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
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)
Retirement planning
Treasurer's Report for the 2014鈥2015 Fiscal Year
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…
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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…
Industrial Property; Being a Successful Interpreter
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
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
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
In February 2014, I wrote about a subject that I had hoped I would not have to address: the experience of not passing the…