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ATA Division Event: 12th Annual Portuguese Language Division Mid-Year Conference

Make plans to attend!

12th Annual PLD Mid-Year Conference
LusoCentro at Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA 02720
April 28-29, 2007

PLD Mid-Year Conference Highlights

• Distinguished Speaker: Regina Alfarano
  
  Translation Editing in Brazilian Portuguese: How Many Layers?
  This presentation will focus on real-life examples to illustrate the traps editors find themselves caught in. Attendees will be invited to join in a discussion on what kind of "final product" should be delivered.
  
  Brazilian Portuguese: The Subtleties That Can Make a Difference!
  A workshop to discuss what might appear to be simple issues – sentence structure, style, commas, verb tenses, conjunctions, and others– illustrating the subtleties of a language that can make all the difference!
  
  
• Introduction to the Clinical Insight into a Mental Health Status, Zarita Araújo-Lane
• Legal Translation: Memorandum of Understanding, Vera Caldas Wilkinson
• Tradução de Software, Gladys Wiezel
• Court Translation, Interpreting Techniques, Sight Translation (E<->P), Arlene Kelly
• Educational Documents, Clarissa Surek-Clark
• Tools for Remote Control and Other Neat Net Tools, Nelson Laterman

For additional program details, click on PLD Mid-Year Conference Program.

PLD Mid-Year Conference Registration Rates

• Early-Bird Registration (postmarked by April 20)
  ATA Members $120
  Non-Members $160
  
  
• Standard Registration (postmarked after April 20 and onsite)
  ATA Members $175
  Non-Members $205
  

Student Registration with a copy of student ID

• Early-Bird Registration (postmarked by April 20)
  ATA Student Members $60
  Bristol Community College Students $60
  
  
• Standard Registration (postmarked after April 20 and onsite)
  ATA Student Members $85
  Bristol Community College Students $85
  

To register, click on PLD Mid-Year Conference registration form.

Earn ATA Continuing Education Points

ATA-certified translators can earn up to 10 Continuing Education Points for attending this two-day conference. For additional information about ATA Continuing Education, see ATA Continuing Education Requirements and the Guide to ATA Continuing Education Points.

Watch the PLD Website

You'll find the complete program and all registration information, as well as conference updates, on the PLD website.