Board Meeting Highlights
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ATA鈥檚 Back to Business Basics 鈥 Diversification: A Tool for Thriving in Uncertain Times
ATA launched its new Back to Business Basics webinar series in September 2020. These webinars focus on a small, practical piece of business advice…
Newsbriefs: March 2, 2021
In This Issue: School Outreach Goes Virtual, Podcast Episode 53, New Member Orientation, ATA Mentoring Program, Contacting ATA, Business Planning, Idioms and Culture, The ATA Chronicle, and more.
Getting Real with Translation & Interpreting
This post originally appeared on the Language Magazine blog and it is republished with permission. Caitilin Walsh suggests 11 resources to bring Translation and…
Researchers Claim that AI-Translated Text Are Less 鈥淟exically鈥 Rich than Human Translations
In a new study, researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and the University of Maryland attempt to quantify the lexical and grammatical diversity…
Studies from Japan Find Singing in Some Languages Could Spread COVID-19 More Easily than Others
Does singing in different languages create more potentially infectious droplets and aerosols? Researchers in Japan say the answer is yes. At least three separate…
Revamped White House Website Aims for Inclusivity and Accessibility
Shortly after President Joe Biden took office, sharp-eyed internet users noticed several major changes relating to the inclusivity and accessibility of the White House鈥檚…
Rutgers University Translation Program Aids Newark鈥檚 COVID-19 Contact Tracing Efforts
Faculty, students, and alumni of the School of Arts and Sciences-Newark (SASN) at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have found many ways to…
New York Lawmakers Pitch Bill Requiring State COVID Websites to Offer Translations
Two New York lawmakers want to ensure that New Yorkers who do not speak English as their primary language have access to the latest…
Newsbriefs: February 16, 2021
In This Issue: It鈥檚 Here!, Podcast: ATA 2020 Review, AV Doubleheader, ATA62 Conference, Renew for 2021, ATA 2021 Elections, Mentoring Program, Members-Only Webinar, Virtual School Outreach, Update Your Safelist, The ATA Chronicle, and more.
Public Review of Published Reports
How are research papers reviewed in other fields, and how can we apply those practices to the interpreting and translation field? As we observe…
So, You Want To Be A Translator?
This post originally appeared on The Detail Woman blog and it is republished with permission. There are two main things I want to do…