From the President: Priorities!

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

From the President Corinne McKay president@atanet.org Twitter: @corinnemckay I often tell people that my main problem in life is wanting to do everything. During…

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Board Meeting Highlights

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

The ATA Board of Directors met October 28–29, 2017 in conjunction with the Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Here are some highlights from the…

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When the Unthinkable Happens and Giving Up Work Isn’t an Option

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

Sometimes life throws you a curveball and the unthinkable happens: a family member is stricken with a long-term illness and you suddenly have to…

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Microwavable Notebooks and Other Contraptions

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

As a conference interpreter and university instructor, I’m always on the lookout for technological developments that can benefit the interpreting profession. This includes devices…

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Interview with Abdelhafid Missouri, Arabic Interpreter

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

My guest today is Abdelhafid Missouri, a U.S. citizen who was born in Morocco. He has been an Arabic<>English conference interpreter with the U.S.…

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Okapi Tools: How Translators Can Take Advantage of Them

By The ATA Chronicle | January 15, 2018

The Okapi Framework is a free open-source and cross-platform project offering a variety of tools that can be quite helpful for translators. However, there’s…

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Reflecting on a Journey of Discovery

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey Living on an island in the Pacific Northwest, the nautical theme to these columns comes naturally. And…

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Professional Development Your Way

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org Conferences, online courses, certificates, webinars…the list of professional development opportunities available to translators and interpreters today…

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Interview with Thierry Fontenelle

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

Project managers at U.S. translation agencies are very familiar with the challenges involved in organizing and coordinating large projects across a range of languages.…

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Speaking with OmegaT’s Project Manager

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

There are only a handful of open-source translation environment tools primarily geared toward the professional freelance translator. Without a doubt, the platform-independent OmegaT, a…

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Attending Industry-Specific Conferences and Events

By The ATA Chronicle | November 9, 2017

By the time you read this, you’ll have come back from yet another extraordinary ATA Annual Conference, this year in our nation’s capital. I…

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DeepL Questions

By The ATA Chronicle | October 31, 2017

When DeepL, the neural machine translation engine (www.deepl.com/translator), was released at the end of August, it took me a few weeks to talk to…

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