Collaboration among Language Professionals: Representing ATA at the ACES: Society for Editing Annual Conference
Conference attendees buzzed over the latest updates to the Chicago Manual of Style and Associated Press (AP) Stylebook. Crowds of word nerds filled the…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor
“Am I Ready for the Exam?” | Nora Favorov I wanted to respond to the Certification Forum column in the March/April issue, entitled “Am…
Read MorePalm Springs or Bust!
From the President-Elect Ted R. Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net ATA60 is less than five months away, so it’s not too soon to start making plans to…
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Board Meeting Highlights and 25 Years!
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met April 13–14, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia. The Board…
Read MoreATA Adds Its Voice to Language Advocates in Nation's Capital
Over 160 world language advocates gathered in Washington, DC on February 14–15 to meet with members of Congress for Language Advocacy Day. This annual…
Read MoreDealing with Sexual Harassment
Thanks to the #MeToo movement, women and men around the world finally feel more comfortable discussing the issue of sexual harassment in and out…
Read MoreUsing Neural Machine Translation Beyond Post-Editing
In the past, I’ve conducted a number of back-and-forth email conversations with experts on topics that are interesting and useful to me and, hopefully,…
Read MoreAudiovisual Translation: Preparing for This Market
We live in an era of easy access to video production and consumption. An example of this is the incredible metrics for YouTube. (300…
Read MoreOpening Up the Exam to Nonmembers
UPDATE: The change to exam requirements discussed in this article was not approved. At this time, ATA membership is still required to take the…
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ATA at the ELIA Together Conference in Barcelona, Spain
In February 2019 I had the pleasure of representing ATA at the European Language Industry Association (ELIA) Together conference in Barcelona, Spain. (ATA was…
Read MoreNew Certified Members
Congratulations! The following members have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: Chinese into English Laura Brown (Luo Dai) Broomfield, CO Jingyi Wang Staten Island, NY…
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