From the President: Looking Back while Moving Forward
From the President Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo president@atanet.org Twitter: @mszampaulo The end of the year is always a time for reflection. And if we reflect…
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MultiTraiNMT: Neural Machine Translation for Everyone
Neural machine translation (NMT) is on everyone’s mind. Its quality has become stunning, if not frightening, and it continues to improve even as we…
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Ridiculous Generosity
I’m so happy to announce that we’ll once again have a Dictionary Exchange at ATA’s 63rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles (October 12–15, 2022).…
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Rites of Passage: Selecting and Preparing Source Texts for the Certification Exam
Ask an ATA certification exam grader to name the most difficult thing about the job, and chances are they’ll reply, “passage selection.” You might…
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From the President-Elect: The Final Countdown!
From the President-Elect Veronika Demichelis veronika@veronikademichelis.com The countdown is on for ATA63! In a few short weeks (or days, depending on when you’re reading…
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From the Executive Director: Board Meeting Highlights
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met in Chicago, Illinois, August 6-7, 2022. The meeting…
Read MoreFrom the President: The Board’s Annual Strategy Day
From the President Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo president@atanet.org Twitter: @mszampaulo As I make my way home from the summer ATA Board of Directors meeting and…
Read MoreFrom the President: Change for the Better
From the President Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo president@atanet.org Twitter: @mszampaulo I came across a copy the American Translators Association—1959-2009: A Professional Journey, written to commemorate…
Read MoreBonanza! Striking Translation Gold by Mining Parallel Texts
Let me start with a confession: I barely passed translation theory in college. I scraped by with a C after several nights in a…
Read MoreThe All-New Trados
I had a conversation about the new Trados with Daniel Brockmann, the principal product manager at RWS, and his colleague Andrew Thomas, the senior…
Read MoreHow to Decide What to Post on LinkedIn to Market Your T&I Business
Knowing what to post on a social media platform where your potential clients are hanging out can be a real challenge these days. I…
Read MoreFrom the Executive Director: ATA in LA!
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org Planning is in full swing for ATA’s 63rd Annual Conference in Los Angeles, October 12-15. We…
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