Translating Diagnostic Imaging
Translating diagnostic imaging reports can be a challenging but rewarding aspect of medical translation for which the translator must master the technical basics of the diagnostic imaging modality, the report structure, and the specialized source and target vocabulary.
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Translation and Interpreting in Mexico: Uncharted Territory, Rich Waters
The Italia Morayta Foundation, InterpretAmerica, and the Association of Public Service and Community Interpreters and Translators recently published the results of a groundbreaking initiative, the 2017 Survey on Translation and Interpretation in Mexico—featuring 100 pages of detailed information compiled from more than 1,000 translators and interpreters across Mexico.
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Translation Scams Reloaded
Taking steps to safeguard your identity and minimize the risk from scammers is not as difficult as it sounds, but it takes diligence.
Read MoreWhat Exactly Is a Technical Freelance Translator?
by Jost Zetzsche I was asked some time back to write a book chapter about freelance translators and translation technology. Not surprisingly, I started…
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Arugula—Rehashed: The Mean Streets of Culinary Translation
After 35 years as a translator, these two things I know: we translators love words, and we love a good meal. The more exotic…
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(Not-so) Quick No-Nonsense QA/QC for Legal Translation
Reblogged from the Gostalks blog, with permission This is to give you some pointers as to what and how to check for, hence a sort…
Read MoreInbox Zero: Forever in pursuit of “No new mail!”
There is nothing more satisfying than seeing those three little words: “No new mail!” My Gmail app announces, “You’re all done!”, and I especially…
Read MoreHow to identify and avoid translation scammers
It is an unfortunate truth that translation scammers abound. Many of us receive dozens of emails per week that qualify as translation scams… some…
Read MoreFrom the President: Continuity and Renewal within ATA
From the President Corinne McKay president@atanet.org Twitter: @corinnemckay ATA has many strengths—including every one of our 10,500 members—and one of our greatest is certainly…
Read MoreDoes In-Ear Speech-to-Speech Translation Technology Really Work?
A Review of the Lingmo Translate One2One I’ve been testing and writing about interpreting technology since 2015. Until now, all the technologies I’ve reviewed…
Read MoreFour Truths about Court Interpreting
Both my interpreting students and beginning court interpreter colleagues pursing certification ask me regularly what it’s really like to be a working court interpreter.…
Read MoreThe Care and Feeding of Graders
You can find a lot of information about ATA’s Certification Program on the website and in past articles of The ATA Chronicle, but not…
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