Vicarious Trauma and Interpreters
(The following was originally published on the blog of ATA’s Interpreters Division, www.ata-divisions.org/ID/blog.) The first time I heard of interpreters experiencing vicarious trauma was…
Read MoreIs Remote Simultaneous Interpreting the Next Big Thing?
Just like many interpreters and translators, I’ve been thinking about the future quite a bit. Not just about the future of our profession, but…
Read More5 Truths About Court Interpreting
This post was originally published on the Translation Times blog. It is reposted with permission from the author. Both our interpreting students and beginning court…
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Interpreting for the Astronauts: A Conversation with Fernando van Reigersberg
In 1966, Fernando van Reigersberg, an interpreter for the U.S. Department of State, was assigned to travel with Neil Armstrong and Richard Gordon on the Gemini Goodwill Tour of South America. Learn about this important moment of the space race and what it was like traveling and interpreting for the men who would eventually travel to the moon.
Read MoreStatement Opposing Discontinuing Immigration Interpreting Services
The American Translators Association (ATA) has issued a statement opposing the Department of Justice plan to discontinue in-person interpreting services at initial hearings for…
Read MoreInterpreting and the Power of Now
Philosophers and spiritual leaders around the world have been talking about the importance of living in the NOW. Dredging up the past can be…
Read MoreFrom the President: Interpreters: A Critical Presence in ATA
From the President Corinne McKay president@atanet.org Twitter: @corinnemckay With over 3,000 individual members, ATA’s Interpreters Division1 includes nearly one third of our Association’s total…
Read MoreYes, Conference Interpreting Is a Thing
“What are you studying?” During graduate school, when I was living in Toronto and constantly traveling back and forth between the U.S. and Canada,…
Read MoreMachine Interpreting and Misleading Marketing
Nowadays, it seems that most tech companies have produced a product that promises machine interpreting. These are then promoted and sold to a public…
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Educational Interpreting 101: It's a Lot Harder than It Looks
As school districts across the nation struggle to fulfill language access requirements and the needs of their diverse multilingual families, our profession needs to step up, make space, and provide concrete resources for educational interpreters.
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