Recent Independent Contractor Classification Rule Changes and What They Mean for Translators and Interpreters
Insights from the Advocacy and Business Practices Education Committees of the American Translators Association on the DOL’s final rule on worker classification under the…
Resources For You: ATA’s New Model Contract for Translators
I’d like to say I’m fascinated by every aspect of my work as a freelance translator, but it wouldn’t be an honest statement. The…
ATA’s Mastermind Program for Members: What Is It and Who Can Benefit
Most translators and interpreters go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA’s Mastermind Program can help!
How Public Speaking Can Bring You Better T&I Clients
As translators and interpreters, we might be more comfortable working for our clients behind the scenes. However, public speaking is a great way to find clients and meet people who can refer us to others who might need our services.
5 Tedious Non-Translation Tasks ChatGPT Can Do Amazingly Well
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Adventures in the World of TMX
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E95: Inside Specialization – Opportunities in the Era of AI
In this ATA Podcast episode of Inside Specialization, Daniel Sebesta, ATA’s Language Technology Division (LTD) administrator, and Bridget Hylak, LTD assistant administrator, interview Konstantin Dranch, co-founder of Custom.MT, on a variety of topics surrounding machine translation and AI.
All in One and One in All – Balancing Salaried and Freelance Work
This post is a reblog, originally published at Tip of the Tongue. It is republished with permission of the author. Many freelancers, including translators,…
ATA64 Conference Preview: Business Practices Education at ATA64
In about a week, ATA’s annual conference will begin, this year in sunny Miami, Florida. As always, attendees will have to choose how to…
Got Standards?
We cannot underestimate the power of standards when it comes to educating clients! Not only are we adhering to international standards, but we are also following the best practices in our profession to guarantee accuracy, consistency, and professionalism.
Getting Started with ChatGPT to Boost Your Productivity
Your livelihood as a linguist is not threatened by AI, but by AI-enabled linguists. Experiment with AI now and discover your productive use cases in translation, terminology, research, and admin.
Password Management and General Cybersecurity: Keep Yourself and Your Clients Safe
If you follow tech news, you know that it’s not at all difficult to find reports of major companies being hacked and having data stolen. Losing control of your personal information is bad enough, leaving you vulnerable to crimes like identity theft and credit card fraud. But members of the T&I community are also trusted with our clients’ information. We need to protect their secrets as well as our own. In a cyberworld that seems increasingly more dangerous, how can we keep our secrets safe? For language services providers, this is not just an academic question.