The Hidden Part of the Job

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 6, 2014

By Giovanna Lester听 In my marketing workshops I discuss a subject I call 鈥淎natomy of a Project.鈥 The focus is on the immediate interaction…

Read More

Kent State University: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 29, 2014

The Program Kent State University鈥檚 Department of Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies听is home to an active and vibrant translation department boasting bachelor鈥檚,…

Read More

Nice Interpreter!

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 22, 2014

By Judy and Dagmar Jenner Reblogged from Translation Times with permission from the authors Today’s post is about the importance of being, well, nice.…

Read More

Bilingualism – Part III

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 15, 2014

In this third and final part of the听series about Bilingualism, Eta Trabing discusses what it really means to be a “professional”, some of the…

Read More

ATA Divisions: Providing Homes for all Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 8, 2014

By Lucy Gunderson, CT Administrator of the Slavic Languages Division Getting involved in an organization like the 情侣自拍 can be an intimidating…

Read More

Bilingualism – Part II

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 1, 2014

Today we continue with Part II of this fascinating journey through bilingualism. In this issue, our guest author, Eta Trabing, provides some tips to…

Read More

ATA鈥檚 School Outreach Program: Understanding the Value of Educating the Public

By ATA | April 1, 2014

By Meghan McCallum As translators and interpreters, we all understand the value of language skills, but it is important for the general public to…

Read More

To the Shy Networker

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 25, 2014

By Evelyn Yang Garland There I was, at a well-attended networking event鈥 hiding in the restroom! I hated to schmooze with a room full…

Read More

Bilingualism – Part I

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 18, 2014

Today we will begin with Part I of a series of three articles about Bilingualism. Our guest author, Ms. M. Eta Trabing, walks us…

Read More

Negotiation 鈥 A Learnable Skill

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 11, 2014

By Nina Sattler-Hovdar. Translated from the German by Tom Ellett. Original article first published in Infoblatt 01/2013, the newsletter of AD脺 Nord.听 When it…

Read More

A Day in the Life: New York University’s M.S. in Translation Program

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 4, 2014

By Samantha Lisk The first thing I realized when I began my master鈥檚 in New York University鈥檚 online Master of Science in Translation program…

Read More

C茅line’s 10 Tricky Situations Translators Might Find Themselves In and How To Get Out of Them

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 25, 2014

By听C茅line Graciet Reblogged from Naked Translations听with permission from the author Being a freelance translator isn’t just about having the ability to take language from…

Read More