The Importance of Hiring Qualified Technical Translators
Occasionally, an enterprise client comes to our firm for post-translation help. The scenario usually looks like this: they needed a technical text translated, they…
Read MoreThe Translator Requests a Clarification: Tracking the conversation
By Helen Eby (@EbyGaucha) Reblogged from Gaucha Translations blog with permission from the author Translators and interpreters face a common problem: lack of clarity…
Read MoreATA Statement Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Nightly Business Report
As the voice of over 10,000 interpreters and translators in the United States and abroad, the ÇéÂÂ×ÔÅÄ is very concerned about President…
Read MoreHow language professionals can reclaim their digital lives after Snowden
Our private and professional lives happen increasingly online. However, we often compromise our privacy and put the integrity of data and information at risk.…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor Online Training Resources for Translators As always, I devoured my print edition of The ATA Chronicle! The Resource Review was…
Read MoreCongratulations!
The following people have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Chinese Ping Chen Allen, TX Yajing Dong La Habra, CA Mintao Huang Rosemead,…
Read MoreDon’t Take My Word For It: Some—Admittedly— Rather Random Tips and Tricks in MS Word
Late last year, I was asked to chair ATA’s Translation and Interpreting Resources Committee, whose perhaps most important task is to oversee the publication…
Read MoreNew ATA Professional Liability Insurance Broker; Upcoming ATA Webinars for 2017
New ATA Professional Liability Insurance Broker Alliant is the new broker for ATA-sponsored professional liability insurance. The underwriter is still Lloyds of London. All…
Read MoreInterview with Freek Lankhof, the Bookseller
These days, if we need an Italian dictionary of seismography, we go online, just as we do for any kind of glossary or reference…
Read MoreSailing into 2017
From theÌýPresident David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle:Ìý@davidcrumsey As most of you have noticed by now, I’ve been using the analogy of a ship to…
Read MoreOnward, to ATA58!
From theÌýPresident-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle: @corinnemckay ATA57 is in the history books. And by almost any metric, it was a huge success.…
Read MoreBoard Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The ATA Board of Directors met November 5–6, 2016 in conjunction with the Annual Conference in…
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