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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301
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SUMMARY:Call for Speakers Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Speaking is a challenging and rewarding opportunity. \nAll proposals are selected through a competitive peer-review process. By contributing to the advancement of your profession\, you will build your reputation and résumé\, widen your networking circle\, and position yourself as a key player to help shape the future of the T&I industry.  \nSpeakers come from all over the world and volunteer to share their experience and expertise with all attendees. They are working translators and interpreters\, many of whom are also educators\, attorneys\, physicians\, CEOs\, and managers.  \nProposal submission is open to everyone. ATA membership is not required.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/call-for-speakers-deadline/2023-03-01/
CATEGORIES:ATA Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="American Translators Association":MAILTO:ata@atanet.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230302
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SUMMARY:Call for Speakers Deadline
DESCRIPTION:By contributing to the advancement of your profession\, you will build your reputation and résumé\, widen your networking circle\, and position yourself as a key player to help shape the future of the T&I industry. The proposal submission deadline is March 1. Proposal submission is open to everyone. ATA membership is not required.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/call-for-speakers-deadline-2/2023-03-01/
CATEGORIES:ATA Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230302
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SUMMARY:Successful Advocacy for Translators and Interpreters: The Sequel
DESCRIPTION:Sharpen your skills and learn how to make yourself heard to advocate for the policies that affect you and your profession.\nImprove your advocacy! As we look towards advocacy in the coming year\, it’s time to sharpen our advocacy skills. In the U.S.\, new regulations have been proposed that affect the translation and interpreting industry and those we serve\, including language access in health care\, worker classification changes\, and more. Inflation and other economic factors are causing a strain on language professionals’ earnings. We need to be ready to advocate\, and this webinar takes you beyond the basics. \nYou will learn:\n\nHow to successfully make your case to decision-makers\nThe top two elements of a successful advocacy pitch\nHow to use ATA Advocacy resources\nBuild your own elevator (pitch)\nWhat an advocacy success story sounds like\nHot topics in translation and interpreting advocacy\n\nAbout the Presenters\nBen Karl\, MBA\, CT\, is an ATA-certified translator specializing in corporate\, marketing\, and financial translation from French and Mandarin into English. He serves as chair of the ATA Advocacy Committee and is a member of the ATA Membership Committee and The Chronicle Editorial Board. He is also chair of the International Federation of Translators’ (FIT) Translatio Standing Committee and edits À Propos\, the ATA French Language Division’s blog. He holds a bachelor’s degree in translation and East Asian Studies from McGill University\, a certificate of advanced Chinese proficiency from Beijing Language and Culture University\, and a master’s of business administration from the University of Nevada\, Reno. \nNicolás Arízaga is a political consultant\, researcher\, and English<>Spanish translator and interpreter. He specializes in narratives\, political communication\, rhetoric\, international affairs\, policy\, and discourse analysis. He is the chief executive officer of Political and Legal Translation Ltd. in Denver\, Colorado\, and a registered Spanish court interpreter for the Wyoming Supreme Court. Nicolás is also an assistant director for the master of public policy at the University of Colorado Denver. He is a member of ATA’s Advocacy Committee and the Spanish Language Division’s Podcast Committee. He serves as a director on the board for Colorado Partners of the Americas. \nCristina Helmerichs D. is a conference interpreter and judiciary interpreter based in Austin\, Texas. During her thirty-year career as a Spanish-English conference interpreter\, much of her work has been in bilateral negotiations regarding transportation and legal matters\, but she also has extensive experience in the oil industry\, non-profit service organizational training\, and the software security industry. Cristina is a consultant for the Federal Court Interpreter Certification Exam and for the Administrative Office of the US Courts. She currently serves on ATA’s Board of Directors and is chair of the association’s Interpreting Policy Advisory Committee. \nBill Rivers is principal at WP Rivers and Associates. A former Russian-to-English translator and interpreter\, he has more than 30 years’ experience in language advocacy at the national level\, with significant experience in culture and language for economic development and national security in the intelligence community. Bill has also worked extensively in language policy development and advocacy. He serves on the ATA Advocacy\, Standards\, and Education and Pedagogy Committees. \nJennifer Santiagos holds a BA in Spanish from Wheaton College (Illinois) and is a freelance Certified Healthcare Interpreter™ with 13 years of experience. She also does educational\, immigration\, community\, and conference interpreting. Jennifer has served on the ATA Advocacy Committee in the past and as a steering committee member of CoPTIC America. She resides in Los Angeles.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/successful-advocacy-for-translators-and-interpreters-the-sequel/
CATEGORIES:ATA Membership,Business Strategies,Free for Members
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230307
DTSTAMP:20250315T150813Z
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SUMMARY:An English-Spanish Medical Translation Masterclass with Pablo Mugüerza\, Part I
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to recognize errors in English>Spanish machine translations of medical documents and improve them with a human perspective.\nThis webinar will be presented in Spanish. \nEnglish sentences from the most common documents in medical translation\, their translation by machine translation\, and a translation proposal by the speaker will be presented in turn. You will learn how to recognize the errors and improve the translations. \nBefore the workshop\, you will be provided with the English sentences and phrases so you can prepare to participate! The presenter will encourage all attendees to make suggestions\, comments\, and criticisms of both the machine and human translations while explaining medical or linguistic concepts as they come up. \nDuring the workshop\, you will review examples of the most common basic problems in medical translation and learn how to look at machine translation from a more linguistic\, medical\, and human perspective. \nYou will learn how to:\n\n\n\nRecognize translation problems which you have not recognized in the past\nDetect machine translation errors that do not appear to be errors\nGain experience in medical translation of terms\, phrases\, and expressions that are almost always problematic and that machine translation does not solve\nHandle the differences between translating for patients and translating for healthcare professionals\nDeal with the different variants of medical Spanish\, including Spanish spoken in Spain\nUnderstand how cultural differences impact medical translators\nUse medical translation tools\, such as dictionaries and glossaries\, among others\nUnderstand specific difficulties in medical documents\n\n\n\nSpecial Notes\n\nDue to the interactive nature of this event\, this workshop is limited to 40 attendees.\nThis is a 4-hour workshop presented in 2 parts.\nPart I takes place March 6\, 12:00 pm ET.\nPart II takes place March 13\, 12:00 pm ET.\nWhen you register for Part I\, you are automatically registered for Part II.\nYou will receive a handout to work from in prior to the workshop.\nTo make the most of this learning opportunity\, you are encouraged to have your video and audio on and to actively participate in the discussions.\n\nAbout the Presenter\nPablo Mugüerza studied music\, English\, French\, and German before earning a medical degree in 1987. Since then\, he has gained more than 35 years of experience as a freelance medical translator and proofreader. He is the author of the Manual of Clinical Trial Protocols: English to Spanish Translation. Since 2010\, he has also been involved in translator training. Pablo was the Medical Division’s Distinguished Speaker at ATA’s 63rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles in October 2022. He currently collaborates with the mining unit of the Spanish National Supercomputing Center.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/an-english-spanish-translation-masterclass-with-pablo-muguerza-part-i/
CATEGORIES:Grow Your Career,Specialization,Translation
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230314
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SUMMARY:An English-Spanish Medical Translation Masterclass with Pablo Mugüerza\, Part II
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to recognize errors in English>Spanish machine translations of medical documents and improve them with a human perspective.\nThis webinar will be presented in Spanish. \nEnglish sentences from the most common documents in medical translation\, their translation by machine translation\, and a translation proposal by the speaker will be presented in turn. You will learn how to recognize the errors and improve the translations. \nBefore the workshop\, you will be provided with the English sentences and phrases so you can prepare to participate! The presenter will encourage all attendees to make suggestions\, comments\, and criticisms of both the machine and human translations while explaining medical or linguistic concepts as they come up. \nDuring the workshop\, you will review examples of the most common basic problems in medical translation and learn how to look at machine translation from a more linguistic\, medical\, and human perspective. \nYou will learn how to:\n\n\n\nRecognize translation problems which you have not recognized in the past\nDetect machine translation errors that do not appear to be errors\nGain experience in medical translation of terms\, phrases\, and expressions that are almost always problematic and that machine translation does not solve\nHandle the differences between translating for patients and translating for healthcare professionals\nDeal with the different variants of medical Spanish\, including Spanish spoken in Spain\nUnderstand how cultural differences impact medical translators\nUse medical translation tools\, such as dictionaries and glossaries\, among others\nUnderstand specific difficulties in medical documents\n\n\n\nSpecial Notes\n\nDue to the interactive nature of this event\, this workshop is limited to 40 attendees.\nThis is a 4-hour workshop presented in 2 parts.\nPart I takes place March 6\, 12:00 pm ET.\nPart II takes place March 13\, 12:00 pm ET.\nWhen you register for Part I\, you are automatically registered for Part II.\nYou will receive a handout to work from in prior to the workshop.\nTo make the most of this learning opportunity\, you are encouraged to have your video and audio on and to actively participate in the discussions.\n\nAbout the Presenter\nPablo Mugüerza studied music\, English\, French\, and German before earning a medical degree in 1987. Since then\, he has gained more than 35 years of experience as a freelance medical translator and proofreader. He is the author of the Manual of Clinical Trial Protocols: English to Spanish Translation. Since 2010\, he has also been involved in translator training. Pablo was the Medical Division’s Distinguished Speaker at ATA’s 63rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles in October 2022. He currently collaborates with the mining unit of the Spanish National Supercomputing Center.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/an-english-spanish-translation-masterclass-with-pablo-muguerza-part-ii/
CATEGORIES:Grow Your Career,Specialization,Translation
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Translators Association":MAILTO:ata@atanet.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230316
DTSTAMP:20250311T195110Z
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SUMMARY:Discover Your Ideal Client (and Make Your Ideal Client Discover You)
DESCRIPTION:What if you could have your ideal translation or interpreting clients find you instead of your having to find them?\nAs a language professional\, you may often struggle with marketing. Your dream would be to not look for clients but rather have them look for you. What usually happens\, however\, is that the clients who look for you are not the ones you’re interested in. You frequently receive offers with very low rates or for jobs and specialties that don’t match your profile. \nWhat if you could make your ideal client find you? It’s not magic. It’s as simple as defining with the greatest possible precision who your ideal client is and taking the necessary steps to easily appear on their radar. \nYou will learn how to:\n\nFind which clients match up with your best work\nTake an x-ray of your ideal client\nDiscover how (and where) to find your ideal client\nHelp your ideal client find you\n\nAbout the Presenter\nFernando Cuñado is a law graduate and MBA with 25 years’ experience in the corporate world. He has been working as a freelance translator since 2008\, specializing in contracts and corporate documents. He is a great connoisseur of the British and American legal systems and regularly publishes articles on comparative law in Spanish legal journals. His legal translation practice\, run jointly with Ruth Gámez\, provides services for direct clients: Spanish law firms\, law departments of multinational corporations\, and global organizations such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization. He teaches legal translation at the Universidad de Comillas (Madrid) and has co-authored Introducción al Common Law.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/discover-your-ideal-client-and-make-your-ideal-client-discover-you/
CATEGORIES:Business Strategies,Free for Members
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Translators Association":MAILTO:ata@atanet.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230319
DTSTAMP:20230210T134003Z
CREATED:20230210T134003Z
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SUMMARY:Florida Translators and Interpreters in Healthcare Training Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Serving translators and interpreters at the regional level\, ATA chapters and affiliates provide educational sessions and workshops\, publicize the availability of local translators and interpreters\, and increase the local community’s awareness of language services. As a service to members\, ATA provides information about chapter and affiliate events.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/florida-translators-and-interpreters-in-healthcare-training-seminar/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230322
DTSTAMP:20250324T203049Z
CREATED:20230304T132458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T203049Z
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SUMMARY:Pricing for a Profit Playbook
DESCRIPTION:Get a step-by-step pricing and negotiation strategy to show you how to generate leads\, sales\, and hard cash in the bank.\nAre you uncertain about how much to charge for your translation or interpreting services? Are you concerned about downward price pressure and longer working hours to make ends meet? Are you afraid of scaring away your clients if you charge higher rates? Then this webinar is for you! \nAs a freelance language professional\, you have more control over your freedom and flexibility than you might think. Attend this webinar to learn how to make smart business decisions and map out what you want from your life. \nYou will learn how to:\n\nWork less\, make more\nExamine downward and upward price pressure in the T&I industry\nRaise your prices without scaring off all your clients\nDevelop a pricing strategy and negotiation skills to grow your freelancer income\n\nAbout the Presenter\nJason Willis-Lee\, CL MCIOL MITI\, is a full-time freelance Spanish-English and French-English translator living in Madrid. He specializes in the niche fields of clinical trials\, medical reports\, and academic research articles. Jason also enjoys training others working in the field and has given presentations on various topics to ProZ\, Chartered Institute of Linguists\, BP Translation conferences\, and Training for Translators. His background includes a degree in physiology from Bristol Medical School and a brief stint as a clinical research associate before switching to applied linguistics and earning a postgraduate degree in translating and interpreting from the University of Bath. Jason recently launched a podcast called Turn Yourself into a Booked out Freelance Translator aimed at early career professional linguists.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/pricing-for-a-profit-playbook/
CATEGORIES:Business Strategies,Newcomers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230329
DTSTAMP:20250401T190210Z
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SUMMARY:Plain English in Legal Translation—The Why and How
DESCRIPTION:Discover how to meet the legal requirements for plain English in your translation of complex legal documents.\nAccurate translation of legal documents does not need to be cumbersome\, and in some cases there are even legal requirements for documents to be in “plain English” to make them less so. Attend this webinar to find out what these requirements look like\, the rationale behind them\, and how to fulfill the requirements in your own translation. \nIn this webinar\, the presenter will show you how to apply simple rules and guidelines to create plain English legal language after reviewing a regulation done in this style. Your resulting translations will not only meet legal requirements but also better serve the interests of the end users. In addition\, you will have an opportunity to practice drafting a contract clause in plain English. Legal editors will also benefit from this webinar. \nYou will learn how to:\n\nUnderstand the concept of plain English and its importance\nApply simple rules to achieve plain English when translating contracts and laws\nUse formatting approaches to meet specific plain English requirements\nGain the confidence to take a proactive approach to contract translation\n\nThis webinar was organized with the support and assistance of the ATA Law Division. \nAbout the Presenter\nStephen Rifkind has been a translator for 18 years\, working from Hebrew\, French\, and Russian into American and British English. He specializes in legal and financial translation as well as translation of other official documents. Stephen’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in Russian studies from University of California-Santa Cruz\, legal studies at the University of Oregon\, teaching credentials in French from Portland State College\, and a master’s degree in business administration from Leicester University in the United Kingdom. In addition to working as a freelance translator\, he also teaches English at the Braude School for Engineering in Israel where he has lived for 30 years.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/plain-english-in-legal-translation-the-why-and-how/
CATEGORIES:Free for Members,Grow Your Career,Specialization,Translation
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Translators Association":MAILTO:ata@atanet.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230330
DTSTAMP:20240313T144839Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Nominations Deadline
DESCRIPTION:The elected Board of Directors is responsible for guiding the development of ATA. By submitting a nomination\, ATA members help shape the future of their association and their profession. Find out which positions are open\, who is eligible to be nominated\, and how to submit your nominations.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/call-for-nominations-deadline-2023-03-01/2023-03-29/
CATEGORIES:ATA Membership
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Translators Association":MAILTO:ata@atanet.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230401
DTSTAMP:20251113T173831Z
CREATED:20230126T192551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T173831Z
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SUMMARY:Mentoring Program: Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Get the Support You Need! ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees and mentors benefit from this mutually rewarding program. \nMentee applications are accepted from January 1 through March 31\, while Mentor applications are accepted all year.  The program runs from May 1 through October 31 each year. Mentees will be selected through a competitive application process.
URL:https://www.atanet.org/event/mentoring-program-application-deadline/2023-03-31/
CATEGORIES:ATA Membership,Business Strategies,Grow Your Career
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