Board Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org ATA鈥檚 Board of Directors met April 30-May 1, 2016, in Alexandria, Virginia. The Board met in…
Read MoreCongratulations!
The following people have successfully passed ATA鈥檚 certification exam: English into Finnish Tuija S. Nordstrom Fort Collins, CO English into Spanish Roxanna J. Delgado…
Read MoreDigital Study and Collaboration: Making the Most of Your Mobile Devices
The wealth of apps on mobile devices broadens the possibilities for study and practice beyond oral flashcards. Technology, like language, is never static, and…
Read MoreSummary of the ATA Translation and Interpreting Services Survey
The ATA Translation and Interpreting Services Survey is an invaluable benchmarking tool for nearly everyone in or affiliated with the translation and interpreting industry.
Read MoreRevisiting the 鈥淧overty Cult鈥 20 Years On
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.
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Roads Less Taken: Beyond the 鈥淯N6鈥
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.
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The Mother-Tongue Principle: Hit or Myth?
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.
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How to Spice Up Your Translation
It鈥檚 our job to find a balance between using the source text and still producing an original, well-written translation.
Read MoreSeven Super Skills: Progressing in Translation
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…
Read MoreBook review: The Business Guide for Translators
By David Friedman It is widely recognized that there are several skills you need to be successful in translation. The fundamental skills include excellent…
Read MoreHow to Have a Super First Year in the ATA: The School Outreach Program
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…
Read MoreWhy Machine Translation Should Have a Role in Your Life. Really!
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…
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