Letters to the Editor
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…
Read MoreATA60: Professional Development at Its Best
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…
Read MoreResponding to Disaster: Best Practices and Lessons Learned from the 2017 North Bay Fires
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.
Read MoreFrom the President: Interpreters: A Critical Presence in ATA
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…
Read MoreInternational Literature: A Data-Driven Approach to Prioritizing Diversity
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.
Read More10 Simple Ways to Boost Your Translation or Interpreting Website's SEO
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?
Read MoreATA Law Seminar: Four Perspectives
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.
Read MoreATA at Lenguas 2019 in Mexico City
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…
Read MoreYes, Conference Interpreting Is a Thing
“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,…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence and Translation Technology
I recently asked all the translation technology vendors that came to mind this question: What are the areas in which you see artificial intelligence…
Read MoreTake Charge of Your Rates
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,…
Read MoreMachine Interpreting and Misleading Marketing
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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