Funny mistranslations in hotels
Reblogged from the Translation and l10n for dummies blog with permission from the author (incl. the image) Every translator, linguist, language lover and grammar nazi…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor Spider Marketing: How to Get Clients to Come to You | Simon Berrill I enjoyed the article, and I think…
Read MoreAdvocacy Matters
If you talk with anyone in our industry, it becomes readily apparent that our stories about how we acquired our languages are all very…
Read MoreInterview with Mike Dillinger, Machine Translation Pioneer
Translation has been an integral part of our human evolution ever since we developed the ability to speak. But with the arrival of the…
Read MoreCongratulations!
The following people have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into German Rainer W. Dykowski Zurich, Switzerland English into Portuguese Ana Gauz Cherry Hill,…
Read MoreReanimating Dead PDFs for CAT Tool Use
BY ANNETT BROWN Basic “low-tech” tips for addressing OCR conversion issues commonly encountered with complexly formatted files (PC and Mac) Those who know me…
Read MoreAnnouncements
2017 Honors and Awards Now Open! ATA and the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI) present annual and biennial awards to encourage, reward,…
Read MoreBuilding Upon a Strong Foundation
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey In addition to living on the West Coast, where sailing is a major pastime, I also share…
Read MoreStudy Day: Looking at the Big Picture
From the President-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle: @corinnemckay In addition to serving as the conference organizer, ATA’s president-elect traditionally organizes the Board’s annual Study…
Read MoreTreasurer's Report for the First Five Months of FY2016–17
Treasurer’s Report Ted Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net I’m very pleased to report that the Association’s finances have continued the positive development of the past few years.…
Read MoreMorphing into the Promised Land
I’ve been very interested in morphology in translation technology. No, let me put that differently: I’ve been very frustrated that the translation environment tools…
Read MoreIs Twitter Stupid?
Without even getting into politics, there are many controversial things in the world today, and Twitter is one of them (albeit one that’s relatively…
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