E63: Inside Specialization – Conference Interpreting
Here’s your chance to find out what it’s really like to work as a conference interpreter in Episode 63 of The ATA Podcast.
Language Access in the Courts: How Technology Saved the Day During a Pandemic
On March 17, 2020, the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara received approval for an emergency order to suspend all non-emergency services—all criminal, civil, family, traffic, small claims, and probate proceedings—until April 3. Little did we know the courthouse would remain closed physically, but operational nonetheless, for more than a year.
Advocacy in Pennsylvania: Update
ATA follows up its March 31 letter with this public comment to the recently published changes to the Compensation Schedule for language services in…
To Be or Not to Be Certified: The Dilemma for Non-Spanish Interpreters
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Remote Interpreting Position Paper: Call for Comments
The ATA Board of Directors has released a draft ATA Position Paper on Remote Interpreting. ATA members are invited and encouraged to read the…
ATA Joins Red-T in Advocating for Interpreters
ATA has joined Red-T’s international language coalition and Amnesty International to request the urgent relocation of interpreters who assisted American forces in Afghanistan. In…
Advocacy in Pennsylvania
When their negotiations with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) regarding the compensation schedule came to a halt, interpreters organized the Tri-State…
Language Access in the Spotlight: Meet Yasmin Al-Kashef & Piyawee Ruenjinda
As we are all trying to navigate our way through the disruptive changes that have taken place in our lives in the past year,…
Remote Interpreting (RI): Professional Standards and Self-Care for Interpreters
This post originally appeared on ATA TCD News (Newsletter of the Translation Company Division of the American Translators Association), Volume 2 | Issue 7…
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and the Interpreter
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Overcoming Accent Bias in the Courtroom
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The Demands of On-Demand Interpreting
In a time of increased professional isolation with interpreters working from home, here’s some light on the challenges and rewards of the essential work of on-demand over-the-phone interpreting.