Congratulations!

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

The following people have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Chinese Xiaoxiao Huang New York, NY Chaowei Zhu Winston-Salem, NC English into German…

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By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor Beyond Post-Editing: Advances in Interactive Translation Environments Interesting article! I would just like to make a clarification. CasmaCat has been…

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Industrial Property; Being a Successful Interpreter

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

Industrial Property—Propriété industrielle Dictionnaire juridique bilingue Reviewed by: Bruce D. Popp Author: David Brunand Publisher: Éditions DHBO Publication date: 2014 Number of Pages: 242…

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Analytics Features in LinkedIn and Twitter

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

You’ve probably heard the old adage “Know thy audience.” Both LinkedIn and Twitter now provide a number of easy-to-use but powerful analytics functions that…

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Five Essential Coping Tactics

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” —William Arthur Ward, writer Upon setting sail…

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On Passing the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

In February 2014, I wrote about a subject that I had hoped I would not have to address: the experience of not passing the…

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An Interview with Miguel Jiménez-Crespo

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

Welcome to the second installment of Our World of Words. I caught up with my guest for this episode of OWOW while he was…

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Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association Offering Support Groups to Interpreters

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

The Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association (UMTIA), an ATA chapter based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has teamed up with a local therapist in an…

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Board Meeting Highlights

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met January 30–31, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The meeting…

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Planning is well underway for ATA’s 57th Annual Conference, November 2-5, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

From the President-Elect Corrine McKay corinne@translatewrite.com San Francisco. Our 56th Annual Conference in Miami was a huge success by all measures, with higher than expected…

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Charting Our Progress…

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

From the President David Rumsey nordictranslator@gmail.com In my last column, I made the analogy that running ATA is like steering a very large ship. We…

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Certification Pass Rates 2004–2014

By The ATA Chronicle | March 21, 2016

The Certification Committee is happy to report here on certification pass rates for 2004–2014.1 Pass rates have remained relatively stable over time, and this…

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