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Treasurer's Report for the 2014–2015 Fiscal Year
Ted Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net We are making progress on improving our financial situation, but we still have far to go. Our overall financial performance in FY2014–151 (fiscal year…
Congratulations!
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…
Industrial Property; Being a Successful Interpreter
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…
Hiding in Plain Sight: Analytics Features in LinkedIn and Twitter
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…
Five Essential Coping Tactics
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” —William Arthur Ward, writer Upon setting sail…
On Passing the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination
In February 2014, I wrote about a subject that I had hoped I would not have to address: the experience of not passing the…
An Interview with Miguel Jiménez-Crespo
Welcome to the second installment of Our World of Words. I caught up with my guest for this episode of OWOW while he was…
Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association Offering Support Groups to Interpreters
The Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association (UMTIA), an ATA chapter based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has teamed up with a local therapist in an…
Board Meeting Highlights
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…
Planning is well underway for ATA’s 57th Annual Conference, November 2-5, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco
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…