How Language Classes Are Moving Past the Gender Binary
Languages that contain only 鈥渉e鈥 and 鈥渟he鈥 pronouns pose problems for communicating about gender identity. Here鈥檚 how some language teachers are helping. Tal Janner-Klausner…
Read MoreLeicestershire Police Clamping Down on Interpreter Fraud
The chief of police in Leicestershire, England, warned that people trying to pass themselves off as interpreters 鈥渨ill be dealt with.鈥 Chief Constable of…
Read MoreThird Circuit Court Says Speakers of English Dialects Have Right to Interpreter
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that immigration judges must ascertain whether those facing deportation who speak English dialects also understand…
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After Interpreter Issues, Three Guant谩namo Detainees Charged in 2002 Bali Bombings
Following a one-day delay due to issues with one of the court interpreters, three men who had been detained by the U.S. for 18…
Read MoreWhite House Chief of Staff Commits to Evacuating Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain committed to evacuate from Afghanistan the Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Senator Joe Biden and two other…
Read MoreNew Certified Members
Congratulations! The following members have successfully passed ATA鈥檚 certification exam: English into Chinese Tingting Qin Kansas City, MO English into Portuguese Melissa S. Harkin…
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Newsbriefs: September 17, 2021
In This Issue: Next Level Blog, Podcast Sustainability, Webinar Localization, ATA62 Annual Conference, Elections Update, Member Orientation, Trados Studio Beginner, B2BB: Directory Listing, Membership Restructuring, International Translation Day, Compensation Survey, The ATA Chronicle, and. more!
Read MoreFrom the President: Tough Decisions
From the President Ted R. Wozniak president@atanet.org As my term as president nears an end, I鈥檓 pleased to report that ATA鈥檚 Board of Directors…
Read MoreFrom the President-Elect: The Final Countdown
From the President-Elect Madalena S谩nchez Zampaulo madalena@accessibletranslations.com Twitter: @mszampaulo Who else is counting down the days until we reunite in Minneapolis (and virtually) at…
Read MoreFrom the Executive Director: Board Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The ATA Board of Directors met August 7鈥8, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee鈥攖he first in-person Board meeting…
Read MoreOPUS-CAT: A State-of-the-Art Neural Machine Translation Engine on Your Local Computer
Neural machine translation (NMT) is one of the success stories of deep learning and artificial intelligence. Revolutionary innovations in the computational architectures made in…
Read MoreOnline Exam Proctoring: Something Old, Something New
With the successful launch of ATA鈥檚 online certification exam, we鈥檙e starting to ramp up capacity and open more spaces for candidates.1 (For basic information…
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