Virginia First State to Offer ASL Video Chats for COVID-19 Call Center

By ATA | May 3, 2021

Virginia has become the first state to provide real-time video chat access to its COVID-19 information call center for users of American Sign Language…

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ATA Joins Red-T in Advocating for Interpreters

By ATA | May 3, 2021

ATA has joined Red-T’s international language coalition and Amnesty International to request the urgent relocation of interpreters who assisted American forces in Afghanistan. In…

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Savvy Diversification Series: Monolingual Editing

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 27, 2021

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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Advocacy in Pennsylvania

By ATA | April 27, 2021

When their negotiations with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) regarding the compensation schedule came to a halt, interpreters organized the Tri-State…

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Newsbriefs: April 20, 2021

By ATA | April 20, 2021

In This Issue: Inside Specialization, Next Board Meeting, Workshop: Note-Taking, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Conference Scholarships, Webinar: Gender Perspectives, Webinar: Business Basics, Latest Issue of Translatio, Advocacy in Pennsylvania, ATA61 Virtual Conference, Advertise in Newsbriefs, The ATA Chronicle, and more.

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Four Myths about ATA’s Certification Exam

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 20, 2021

This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. ATA’s certification exam was instituted in 1973. Its purpose is…

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Language Access in the Spotlight: Meet Yasmin Al-Kashef & Piyawee Ruenjinda

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 13, 2021

As we are all trying to navigate our way through the disruptive changes that have taken place in our lives in the past year,…

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What are ATA’s Mastermind Groups?

By Next Level | April 6, 2021

Mastermind groups are small peer-based groups formed to learn more about a specific topic. The members of Mastermind groups help each other solve problems…

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Small Talk Tips for Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 6, 2021

This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. The old industry adage might be spot on: most interpreters…

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Upcoming CBS Sitcom The United States of Al Faces Backlash over Afghan Representation

By ATA | April 2, 2021

The trailer for the upcoming CBS sitcom The United States of Al is being criticized for the casting and portrayal of a U.S. military…

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Study Finds Google Translate Still Isn’t Good Enough for Medical Instructions

By ATA | April 2, 2021

According to a new study by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in…

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Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Adding Five Languages, Including ASL, to the Written Test

By ATA | April 2, 2021

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) announced the addition of five new languages, including American Sign Language (ASL), to the written portion of…

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