Business Smarts: Fluctuating Workloads

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 20, 2014

One of the most daunting questions for freelancers – and more so for freelancers-to-be! – is how to handle workload fluctuations.听In this great post…

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An Invitation: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 13, 2014

As you may have noticed, the ATA Savvy Newcomer blog will be running a series in the coming months on the many options for…

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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…

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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,…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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