Letters to the Editor

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

Educational Interpreting 101: It’s a Lot Harder than It Looks| Natalia Abarca and Katharine Allen I found the article on educational interpreting by Natalia…

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ATA60: Professional Development at Its Best

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

From the President-Elect Ted R. Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net This year is a milestone for ATA as it will hold its 60th Annual Conference in beautiful…

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Responding to Disaster: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the 2017 North Bay Fires

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

The disastrous 2017 North Bay fires in California presented enormous challenges for disseminating timely and accurate information to the large, predominantly Hispanic, non-English-speaking population of Sonoma and Napa Counties. My experiences made it clear how a lack of preparation, at both the personal and community level, can exacerbate the challenges of a natural disaster.

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From the President: Interpreters: A Critical Presence in ATA

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

From the President Corinne McKay president@atanet.org Twitter: @corinnemckay With over 3,000 individual members, ATA’s Interpreters Division1 includes nearly one third of our Association’s total…

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International Literature: A Data-Driven Approach to Prioritizing Diversity

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

Why do books from some languages find their way into English while other cultures remain underrepresented? AmazonCrossing’s editorial director discusses what it takes for a book, author, and translator to reach readers in a new language.

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10 Simple Ways to Boost Your Translation or Interpreting Website's SEO

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

How many freelance translators and interpreters really take the time to adjust a few things behind the scenes to boost their website’s search engine ranking?

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ATA Law Seminar: Four Perspectives

By The ATA Chronicle | May 28, 2019

One of the biggest challenges you face as a translator or interpreter is finding the intermediate-to-advanced continuing education you need to move ahead in your career. ATA’s Law Seminar provided just the kind of high-level, hands-on training attendees were looking for.

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ATA at Lenguas 2019 in Mexico City

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

In January, just as the U.S. was being hit by extremely low temperatures, I had the pleasure of heading to sunny Mexico City to…

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Yes, Conference Interpreting Is a Thing

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

“What are you studying?” During graduate school, when I was living in Toronto and constantly traveling back and forth between the U.S. and Canada,…

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Artificial Intelligence and Translation Technology

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

I recently asked all the translation technology vendors that came to mind this question: What are the areas in which you see artificial intelligence…

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Take Charge of Your Rates

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

There’s been a lot written recently about raising rates. I’ve even seen it said that it’s impossible to increase them for existing clients. So,…

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Machine Interpreting and Misleading Marketing

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

Nowadays, it seems that most tech companies have produced a product that promises machine interpreting. These are then promoted and sold to a public…

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