Following up after the ATA conference—How to ensure your efforts and expenses don’t go to waste!

By The Savvy Linguist | November 10, 2015

by Jamie Hartz Follow up and follow through Within two weeks Review your notes from the conference sessions and networking events. Make a to-do…

How to Get the Most Out of the Buddies Welcome Newbies Program at the ATA Conference

By The Savvy Linguist | November 4, 2015

by Helen Eby This post contains some of the information we provide in a presentation for the Buddies Welcome Newbies program we hold the…

How to prepare for the ATA conference

By The Savvy Linguist | November 2, 2015

What sessions should I go to? What should I do to prepare? How can I find what I’m looking for? What should I even…

3 Ways to Enhance Your Medical Interpreter Training Experience

By The Savvy Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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 Linguist | 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.…