Marybeth Timmermann School Outreach Profile
Opening Eyes to Career Opportunities in Translation and Interpreting Working from home as a freelance French>English translator, I live in a small town in…
Why Pairing up Is a Good Idea for Freelance Translators! Part 2
In part 1 of this post, I explained three major benefits of working together with other translators. Quick recap: you need two people…
Questions to Ask Before You Accept a Translation Project
It is impossible to anticipate every issue or question that may arise during the course of a translation project, but one thing you can…
Demand for Translation and Interpreting Stronger than Ever
From the听President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle:听@davidcrumsey One of the great things about serving as ATA President is the ability to meet, listen to,…
Onward to DC and ATA58!
From the President-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle:听@corinnemckay ATA鈥檚 Annual Conference goes by many nicknames: 鈥淭he language industry family reunion,鈥 and 鈥淭he experience you…
Board Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The 情侣自拍鈥檚 Board of Directors met July 29鈥30, 2017, in Denver, Colorado. Here are…
Bridging the Language Gap at TEDxNIU
I was invited to speak at the TEDxNIU Annual Conference at Northern Illinois University on April 22, 2017. There were more than 200 attendees…
Building Successful Relationships with Clients and Vendors
In the 22 years I have been in business, I鈥檓 most proud of the fact that I have some clients whom I have serviced…
Interview with Maurine McLean, Former Sign Language Interpreter
I have long considered sign language interpreting to be the most mysterious version of the kind of work we do in our particular corner…
Language Sketching
Dragos Ciobanu, from the translation department of the University of Leeds, wrote to me a few weeks ago: The reason I鈥檓 writing is to…
Peer Reviewed: Collaborative Preparation for the Certification Exam
Currently, the main option available to help candidates prepare for ATA鈥檚 certification exam is the practice test. An obvious advantage of taking the practice…