Digital Study and Collaboration: Making the Most of Your Mobile Devices

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

The wealth of apps on mobile devices broadens the possibilities for study and practice beyond oral flashcards. Technology, like language, is never static, and…

Summary of the ATA Translation and Interpreting Services Survey

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

The ATA Translation and Interpreting Services Survey is an invaluable benchmarking tool for nearly everyone in or affiliated with the translation and interpreting industry.

Revisiting the 鈥淧overty Cult鈥 20 Years On

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

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

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

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?

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

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

By The ATA Chronicle | May 18, 2016

It鈥檚 our job to find a balance between using the source text and still producing an original, well-written translation.

Seven Super Skills: Progressing in Translation

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 17, 2016

By Joseph Lambert (@jaltranslation) Reblogged from the JALTranslation blog听with permission from the author (incl. the images) Today鈥檚 post sees us move from the power…

Book review: The Business Guide for Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 10, 2016

By David Friedman It is widely recognized that there are several skills you need to be successful in translation. The fundamental skills include excellent…

How to Have a Super First Year in the ATA: The School Outreach Program

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 3, 2016

Welcome to the second article in the series How to Have a Super First Year in the ATA. This time, I鈥檒l be talking about…

Why Machine Translation Should Have a Role in Your Life. Really!

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 3, 2016

By Spence Green (@LiltHQ) Reblogged from the The Language of Translation blog听with permission from the author (incl. the image) Guest author Spence Green talks…

Hello, World! Quality Website Translation is Your Entry Pass to a Global Market

By ATA Compass | May 1, 2016

What stands between your business and world domination? Language, for one. Whatever your native language is, most of the world doesn鈥檛 understand it. So…

Transcreation: Translating and Recreating

By ATA Compass | April 20, 2016

Sometimes translating a text isn鈥檛 enough: you need more than just a copy of the original text in another language, you need a text…