How I Found My Passion in Business and Why You Should Too
When you’re running a business, sometimes you may feel a bit out of touch with your vision and goals. It’s normal to feel like…
Read MoreInterview with Cressida Stolp
Welcome to the first installment of Our World of Words (OWOW), a new column in The ATA Chronicle that will take a look at…
Read MoreDo You Have an Emergency Business Plan?
The first step in developing a plan is admitting that there’s eventually going to be a problem.
Read MoreClient Satisfaction Surveys for Freelance Translators
Satisfied clients typically become loyal clients. Finding out what satisfies them can help your business succeed.
Read MoreBusiness and Marketing Tips for Translators: Direct Client Contact Ideas
We know clients are out there and that they need us, but exactly how to reach them is the issue.
Read MoreCharting a Course Forward
From the President David Rumsey nordictranslator@gmail.com ATA is often compared to a large ship, which makes changes slowly and deliberatively. There have been a lot…
Read MoreSpreading the Word about Translation and Interpreting within the Journalism Community
A few months ago, the board of directors of the Association of Translators and Interpreters of Florida (ATIF), ATA’s Florida chapter, received a request…
Read MoreBilingualism in the Classroom: ATA’s School Outreach in Action
This year’s ATA School Outreach Contest winner helped promote the value of our profession to a classroom of eager students in Spain.
Read MoreSavvy Technical Translators: What do They Have that You Need?
When you come into the translation business, you usually know deep down if you have what it takes to be a technical translator. As…
Read MoreMultilingual holiday carols and wishes
The Savvy Newcomer team would like to wish you happy holidays in some of the languages our team members know. Thanks for interacting with…
Read MoreFinding good translators
By Kevin Lossner Partly reblogged from Translation Tribulations with permission from the author Over the past decade I’ve spent many hundreds of hours helping clients…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor Charging by the Hour? Judy Jenner’s suggestion in her September-October column that we charge by the hour appears to me…
Read More