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The ATA Chronicle

Recent Articles: October 2006

Quality Assessment in Translation
By Jiri Stejskal
Standards and certification play a crucial role in translation quality assessment, and it is important to view these as a complementary system rather than as stand-alone solutions. To achieve the best possible quality, three distinct areas need to be addressed: provider, process, and product.

Beyond Translation
By Corinne McKay
Expanding your freelance business beyond translation to include writing, speaking, and teaching about translation is an excellent way to position yourself as an expert in the field while boosting your business' bottom line.

Effective Continuing Education Design for Medical Linguists: Linking Objectives to Evaluation
By Mary Esther Diaz and Patricia Thickstun
Linking objectives to content and evaluation provides benefits to participants, instructional designers, clients, and professional organizations.

Developing the Interpreter's Voice
By Michelle Lambeau
A former senior interpreter with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization examines some of the skills and tricks that can help keep the interpreter's voice going all day (nearly) every day.

Back and Parallel Translations: Managing Client Expectations
By Chris Lines
Patient and effective communication is essential with clients who do not appreciate the differences between the way languages work and expect exact equivalence in back and parallel translations.

New Orleans: Beyond the French Quarter
By Beth Nazar
It is hard to believe that it is almost time for ATA's Annual Conference in New Orleans, November 1-4.