Three Crazy Ideas about Translation Standards
I’m a big fan of standardization! That’s why I’ve been using international standards in my classroom for almost 10 years. I believe that a…
Read MoreBenefits of a Diverse Crew
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey I managed to squeeze in an afternoon on a friend’s sailboat on a rare, non-working weekend a…
Read MoreMaking the Most of ATA57
From the President-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle: @corrinemckay Whether you’re attending ATA’s Annual Conference for the first or the 40th time, you’ll want to…
Read MoreBoard Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met July 30–31, 2016, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here are…
Read MoreInside the ABRATES VII International Conference
The Associação Brasileira de Tradutores e Intérpretes (ABRATES) held its 7th Annual Conference in June, and the ATA was there looking to forge ties.…
Read MoreCuriosity as an Approach to Marketing
But what about curiosity as an approach to marketing? We’ve probably all heard marketing people say that we should try to write texts that…
Read MoreNeural Machine Translation
Do we need to start shivering in fear when we hear folks talking about neural machine translation? There has been much in the news…
Read MoreATA’s Annual Conference: A Gauge for Professional Growth
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey Sailing in the open water can be both exhilarating as well as somewhat disorienting. Lots of people…
Read MoreNew for San Francisco: Advanced Skills and Training (AST) Day
From the President-Elect Corinne McKay corinne@translatewrite.com Twitter handle: @corrinemckay In looking over the attendee evaluations of past ATA Annual Conferences, several trends stand out.…
Read MoreClient Outreach Update
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org Colorado paralegals, multilingual educators and government employees in Washington, DC, a national gathering of technical writers in…
Read MoreUpdate on ATA Finances
Treasurer’s Report Ted Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net There have been some pleasing developments in ATA’s finances since my last report: The final figures are in from the…
Read MoreHave You Made It?
In the absence of a true benchmark against which to gauge your progress, how can you tell if you’ve made it? “Welcome to the…
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