3 Ways to Enhance Your Medical Interpreter Training Experience

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 27, 2015

By Erin Rosales Reblogged from Connecting Cultures with permission from the author (incl. the image) You finally did it! After months of consideration and…

The Savvy Social Media User—Twitter Handle & Sharing Frequency

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 13, 2015

By Catherine Christaki and David Friedman Here at The Savvy Newcomer, we often get questions from our blog readers about social media and blogging.…

Collaborating with Other Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 6, 2015

Lund Translation Team by David Friedman I wanted to find a way to collaborate closely with other translators ever since the early days of…

What I Care About

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 2, 2015

By Helen Eby What have I learned over the last few months? I care about people. María Díaz. Wow! She was one of my…

Medical Translation Regulations

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 22, 2015

By Surinder Singh Partly reblogged from The Language Blog by K International with permission from the author (including the image) Medical translation is serious…

Buddies Welcome Newbies at ATA56

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 15, 2015

By The Savvy Newcomer Team If you’re a newbie to the American Translators Association, or to translation or interpreting in general, and you’re thinking…

Keeping a Steady Pace: Balancing work, volunteering, and family life

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 8, 2015

By Daniela Guanipa Derek Yorek was a complete stranger until he appeared on television this year, leading the world-famous Boston Marathon at mile one.…

Top Five Benefits of Attending ATA’s 56th Annual Conference

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 1, 2015

By ATA’s President-Elect, David Rumsey Republished from The ATA Chronicle, June 2015, with permission from the ATA It’s that time again to start thinking…

The Savvy Translation Blogger—Blogging Frequency, Blog Content, and Reblogs

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 25, 2015

By Catherine Christaki and David Friedman Here at the Savvy Newcomer, we often get questions from our blog readers about social media and blogging.…

Adaptation versus Translation

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 18, 2015

By Brian Harris Reblogged from Unprofessional Translation blog with permission from the author (including the image) A book I’ve been delving into (see Sources) and an article…

All work and no play? How to achieve balance between your freelance translation work and the rest of your life

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 12, 2015

By Tess Whitty Long and irregular work hours seem to be the norm among freelancers, but it does not have to be this way.…

The story of a U.S. Intern in France

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 6, 2015

By Kimberley Hunt I’m Kimberley, currently living in Paris as an intern at a translation agency. I’m also a French translation student at the…