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Why Should I Take a Practice Test?

By The ATA Chronicle | October 20, 2025

Over the many years I鈥檝e been a grader, I鈥檝e seen how incredibly useful exam preparation workshops and practice tests can be. I鈥檝e also seen an…

The SMART Approach: How Interpreters Can Prepare for an Oral Certification Exam

By The ATA Chronicle | April 28, 2025

Certification exams are as much about good interpreting skills as about strategies. If you鈥檙e an interpreter preparing for the oral certification exam, here鈥檚 how the 鈥淪MART鈥 approach can help!

NMT and GenAI: What Are You Afraid Of?

By The ATA Chronicle | March 4, 2025

Amid the sea of change we鈥檙e starting to observe today with GenAI, it鈥檚 worth taking a moment to consider where we stand as a profession, what has (and has not) changed with neural machine translation and GenAI, and how we might look to the future with some assurance and鈥攄are I say鈥攅ven optimism.

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Inside Winemaking: Crafting Wine, Crafting Words

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Understanding Cancer: Practical Terminology for Medical Interpreters and Translators

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Inside Specialization

Inside Specialization is a featured series of The ATA Podcast, offering insight into the various career options within the translation and interpreting professions.

E106: Inside Specialization – Interpreting with Technology

October 18, 2024

E104: Inside Specialization 鈥 Corporate and Internal Communications

September 12, 2024

E103: Inside Specialization 鈥 Dental Translation

July 17, 2024

E101: Inside Specialization 鈥 Veterinary Translation

February 28, 2024

E99: Inside Specialization 鈥 Sports Interpreting

January 31, 2024

E97: Inside Specialization 鈥 Beauty And Cosmetic Translation

December 19, 2023

E95: Inside Specialization 鈥 Opportunities in the Era of AI

November 30, 2023

E92: Inside Specialization 鈥 Audiovisual Translation with a PhD

September 18, 2023

E90: Inside Specialization 鈥 Food and Wine Translation

August 16, 2023

E82: Inside Specialization 鈥 Medical Translation

February 15, 2023

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