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New ASTM Translation Standard Published

ATA is proud to announce that ASTM International has just published F2575-06 Standard Guide for Quality Assurance in Translation. The standard was developed by Technical Subcommittee F15.48. ATA has had an official representative working in Subcommittee F15.48 since the beginning of the standard development efforts and was instrumental in the standard's publication. The standard is copyrighted by ASTM International and can be purchased for $40 at www.astm.org.

More Massachusetts Judges Now Relying on the Office of Court Interpreter Services

The call for court interpreters used to be low on the Cape and Islands. And finding an interpreter was sometimes an ordeal that delayed hearings and frustrated participants. That has changed. Learn why in "State Provides Free Translation" from the Cape Cod Times. > More

New York City Mayor Bloomberg Announces Expansion of Translation and Interpretation Services for City Schools

On February 27, 2006, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, joined by Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, City Council Member Hiram Monserrate, and Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs Guillermo Linares, announced the establishment of a regulation to formalize and expand translation and interpretation services for non-English-speaking parents of children in New York City public schools. > More

ATA Member Vigdis Eriksen Joins NYC Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner of Small Business Services to Announce Major New Initiative

ATA member Vigdis Eriksen, president and CEO of Eriksen Translations, joined New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert Walsh, and a small group of business leaders in Lower Manhattan earlier this year to announce the first steps to dramatically expand the online capacity of NYC Business Solutions, the city's comprehensive business assistance program. > More