Nine Questions from Language Majors on Their Next Steps to Becoming a Translator or Interpreter
If you are a language major considering your next steps, you鈥檝e come to the right place! The translation and interpreting field is growing rapidly,…
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ATA始s Public Relations Committee has been hard at work. See what we始ve been up to! News That Matters to You ATA actively works on…
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3 Ways to Use Testimonials When You Have NDAs
This post is a reblog, originally published on听Madalena S谩nchez Zampaulo鈥檚 blog. It is reposted with permission from the author. Testimonials are a great way…
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Savvy Diversification Series 鈥 How I Became a Medical Writer
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
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MultiTraiNMT: Neural Machine Translation for Everyone
Neural machine translation (NMT) is on everyone鈥檚 mind. Its quality has become stunning, if not frightening, and it continues to improve even as we…
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Ridiculous Generosity
I鈥檓 so happy to announce that we鈥檒l once again have a Dictionary Exchange at ATA鈥檚 63rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles (October 12鈥15, 2022).…
Read MoreWhat Does Shrinkflation Have to Do with T&I?
Have you heard of an economics term called shrinkflation? I hadn鈥檛 until earlier this year. Unfortunately, I encountered it in Spanish during an interpreting…
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Team Interpreting for Magistrate Courts in Texas
Learn how Texas magistrate judges, court staff, prison personnel, and interpreters are working remotely to ensure that non-English-speaking and limited-English-proficient detainees understand their rights when facing criminal charges.
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Language Industry Standardization in Argentina: A Brief Overview
In recent years, the term standardization has become increasingly relevant in the language industry, with a growing need for more information on the subject. Here鈥檚 an introduction to the main aspects related to standardization and the language industry in Argentina.
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Rites of Passage: Selecting and Preparing Source Texts for the Certification Exam
Ask an ATA certification exam grader to name the most difficult thing about the job, and chances are they鈥檒l reply, 鈥減assage selection.鈥 You might…
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“Your Story Is Your Weapon”: Interpreting for Immigrants in the Wake of Trauma
Whether in legal, health care, or community settings, interpreting for immigrants who鈥檝e been forcibly displaced tests emotional resources. An interpreter shares techniques from the ancient art of poetry for building resilience.
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Balancing Act: Caring for Someone with Dementia While Keeping a Practice Afloat
My father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer鈥檚. My mother was in the early stages of an unspecified dementia. And the brilliant plans I had made so I could work from their senior living facility while caring for them during extended visits were crumbling all around me. Being a caregiver and at the same time a self-employed professional is a balancing act. But in the end, it can be a gift.
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