Speaking with OmegaT鈥檚 Project Manager

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

There are only a handful of open-source translation environment tools primarily geared toward the professional freelance translator. Without a doubt, the platform-independent OmegaT, a…

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Attending Industry-Specific Conferences and Events

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

By the time you read this, you鈥檒l have come back from yet another extraordinary ATA Annual Conference, this year in our nation鈥檚 capital. I…

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鈥淗ow Long Will It Take You to Type This in English?鈥

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

There seems to be a commonly held belief (among translators, publishers, and readers alike) that the more books you translate, the faster you become.…

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From Beginning to End: The Interpreted Medical Visit

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

Some pointers on etiquette and best practice when interpreting in a medical setting. For the first time in months, I took an assignment for…

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You鈥檙e Not Fluent Yet! Speaking the Language of Sustainable Development

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

Movements focused on sustainable development are rapidly gaining traction at the international level. Here are a few tips for getting up to speed to…

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Reading Beyond the Lines: The Translator鈥檚 Quest for Extra-Textual Information

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

Without summoning extra-linguistic knowledge, translators will remain at the surface of the text, whereas they need to thrust their noses deeper into the multi-layered…

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HUMOR AND TRANSLATION

By The ATA Chronicle | November 7, 2017

Manipulating Language for Humorous Effect By Mark Herman A child, even a very young child, may laugh when an adult makes a funny face…

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Linguist in the Spotlight: An Interview with Rosario Charo Welle

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 7, 2017

There is much to be learned from our colleagues, but it can be intimidating to strike up a conversation with the 鈥減ros.鈥 For that…

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Scheduling Translation Projects

By The ATA Chronicle | November 1, 2017

Once a project involves several people, tasks, languages, components, or even competes with other projects, drawing a complete and accurate schedule is definitely a…

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Who Wants to Fail ATA鈥檚 Certification Exam?

By The ATA Chronicle | November 1, 2017

Self-help books and websites have recently been featuring 鈥渘ot-to-do鈥 lists as a way of improving work habits, enhancing productivity, and generally boosting quality of…

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Book Review: Deconstructing Traditional Notions in Translation Studies

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 31, 2017

Reblogged from the ATA’s Spanish Language Division blog with permission by the author, incl. the image In order to set the context of what…

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DeepL Questions

By The ATA Chronicle | October 31, 2017

When DeepL, the neural machine translation engine (www.deepl.com/translator), was released at the end of August, it took me a few weeks to talk to…

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