How to Leverage Testimonials When Marketing Your Business

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

Providing client testimonials is an effective way to market our businesses, but you have to be smart about how you request and use testimonials so that one client’s words can influence the decision-making of another.

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Educational Interpreting 101: It's a Lot Harder than It Looks

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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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2018 ATA Honors and Awards Recipients

By The ATA Chronicle | January 11, 2019

This year’s recipients are…

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Dealing with Terminology Drift

By The ATA Chronicle | January 11, 2019

Terminology drift is not solely a concern for scientific and technical translation. Terminology drift is relevant to any field with an established vocabulary that needs to be followed with consistency.

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Translator Exercise Routines?

By The ATA Chronicle | January 11, 2019

We’re all different, but we all need to get this whole fitness thing done somehow. So, as busy professionals, how do we stay healthy and manage our stress? It’s all about personality and what motivates us as individuals.

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How to Build a Translator/Interpreter Résumé That Sells

By The ATA Chronicle | January 11, 2019

How do you know whether your résumé measures up against others who work in the same language pair(s) or specialization(s)? Here are nine tips on how to sell your services effectively through your résumé so that you can stand out to those who are on the receiving end.

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Future Interpreting Professionals Conduct Action Research in Their Communities

By The ATA Chronicle | January 11, 2019

While a desire to become a well-trained interpreting professional was a common denominator for most of the author’s interpreting students, she realized that unequal social realities for bilingual minority students presented real obstacles to academic success. As an alternative to sleepless nights, she set out to find solutions.

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How to Nail the "About" Page of Your Website

By The ATA Chronicle | November 13, 2018

The “About” page of your business website is arguably the most important page to get right. Why? This section allows potential clients to get to know you and get a sense of what you’ll be like to work with.

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Dealing with PDF Files During a Translation Project

By The ATA Chronicle | November 13, 2018

Why do some customers send PDF files for translation? There’s certainly not just one answer to this question.

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Translation Workflow Reference Tables: Setting Job Expectations the Easy Way

By The ATA Chronicle | November 13, 2018

Setting expectations before starting translation-related tasks is a critical step in the project lifecycle. By clarifying work requirements in advance, linguists and other language services providers can set reasonable rates, workflows, and schedules that deliver exactly what clients need and want.

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ATA 2018 Elections: Candidate Statements

By The ATA Chronicle | September 11, 2018

Calling all Voting members! Participating in ATA’s annual elections is your opportunity to help shape the future of the Association. Learn what this year’s candidates for ATA’s Board of Directors have to say, and remember to vote!

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Top Economics, Finance, and Translation Experts Convene in Brussels for UETF 2018

By The ATA Chronicle | September 11, 2018

UETF 2018 featured 18 sessions over three days, delivering invaluable content and helping attendees expand their subject matter expertise, keep abreast of the latest trends in the fast-paced world of finance and economics, and—last, but definitely not least—improve their translation skills through downright granular translation slams and hands-on workshops.

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