Freelance Finance: Separating Personal from Professional
Here at The Savvy Newcomer we understand that it can be intimidating to talk about money. It鈥檚 often a sticky subject, but we feel…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Work-from-Home Checklist
This post originally appeared on the Freelancers Union听blog and it is republished with permission. Before COVID-19, I had the opportunity to switch my environment…
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Book Review: Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference is a book by former police officer and FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss that offers 鈥渁 new, field-tested approach to…
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Newsbriefs: December, 28, 2020
In This Issue: ATA Petitions CDC, Best ATA Membership 2021, ATA Mentoring Program, Business Basics Webinars, Remote Interpreting, PPP Update: Forgiveness, ATA61 Winner, Latest Translatio, Language Advocacy Days, The ATA Chronicle
Read MoreATA Petitions CDC to Include Interpreters
Following the release of the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program recommendations, ATA petitioned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to explicitly include on-site medical…
Read MorePurchase Orders Revisited
This post originally appeared on the blog My Words for a Change听and it is republished with permission. Way back in 2015, I asked my…
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6 Reasons to Subtitle Your Social Media Videos for Better Engagement
I鈥檝e been a subtitler and translator for well over a decade, working with streaming giants like Netflix and businesses of all sizes to help…
Read MoreMeet GPT-3, the Latest Natural-Language System
GPT-3, the latest natural-language system, generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes email, answers trivia questions, learns language by analyzing online texts, and even writes its…
Read MoreFirst Native American Poet to Serve as U.S. Poet Appointed to Rare Third Term
Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet to serve as U.S. poet laureate, has been reappointed to a rare third term by the Library…
Read MoreOxford English Dictionary Word of the Year Expanded for 鈥淯nprecedented鈥 2020
The Oxford Languages 2020 Word of the Year campaign looks a little different this time around. This year has seen so many seismic events…
Read MoreHow 鈥楧eaf Broadway鈥 Is Making Musical Theater Loud and Clear
Deaf actor and director Garrett Zuercher established the theater collective Deaf Broadway in March with the goal of providing unprecedented visual language access to…
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