Expanding Your Business: Genealogical Translation
Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the U.S., but once Americans trace their ancestors back to the “old country,” they often get stuck. Even if they’re able to obtain historic documents from non-English-speaking clerks, they find that they cannot read them. This is where the skilled translator steps in.
Can Competency-Based Education Enhance Translator Training?
How can we maximize the effectiveness of university translator training programs? Competency-based education is an innovative approach to teaching and learning that has been gaining traction in universities throughout the U.S. and beyond.
Project-Based Internships Bring Return on Investment
How can project-based internships add value for an organization? Here’s one language services provider’s approach to designing a mutually beneficial project-based program that includes well-established goals, training, evaluation, and feedback.
Recap of the Colorado Translators Association’s Seventh Annual Conference
More than 80 language professionals braved a spring snowstorm to attend the Colorado Translators Association’s seventh annual conference.
You Do the Math: Continuing Education Points
Whether your certification certificate is newly minted or dusty, all ATA-certified translators (CT) must maintain their CT credential by accruing continuing education points (aka…
There’s Still Time to Enter ATA’s School Outreach Contest!
Make a School Outreach presentation during the 2016–2017 school year and you could win a free registration to ATA’s 58th Annual Conference in Washington,…
Speech Recognition Is in Your Back Pocket (or Wherever You Keep Your Mobile Phone)
Speech recognition (n.): The process of identifying and interpreting or responding to the sounds produced in human speech. —Oxford English Dictionary Speech recognition is…
ATA Advocacy Efforts
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey There’s a mantra in real estate that says, “location, location, location.” Which is to say, no matter…
Board Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met April 22–23, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia. The Board…
Projecting the Cost of ATA’s Annual Conference
The conference pricing tool was designed to provide conservative figures for both revenues and expenses in accordance with good accounting practices. How does ATA…
Navigating Language Access in Legal Proceedings at the Philadelphia Bar Association
As members of ATA’s Public Relations Committee, those of us assigned as event speakers were asked last year to identify groups or organizations in…