Board Meeting Highlights
The American Translators Association’s Board of Directors met April 14–15, 2018, in Alexandria, Virginia. The Board met in conjunction with the Certification Committee and…
Does In-Ear Speech-to-Speech Translation Technology Really Work?
A Review of the Lingmo Translate One2One I’ve been testing and writing about interpreting technology since 2015. Until now, all the technologies I’ve reviewed…
Four Truths about Court Interpreting
Both my interpreting students and beginning court interpreter colleagues pursing certification ask me regularly what it’s really like to be a working court interpreter.…
The Care and Feeding of Graders
You can find a lot of information about ATA’s Certification Program on the website and in past articles of The ATA Chronicle, but not…
Letter to the Editor
Risto Siikarla’s Letter to the Editor | March–April While it’s true that “raising rates will negatively affect the volume of translation requests,” any translator…
A Conversation with Man Booker International Prize Winner Jessica Cohen
Jessica Cohen, a past ATA Student Translation Award Recipient, has come a long way since her student days at Indiana University. In 2017, she was awarded the Man Booker International Prize, along with David Grossman, for the translation of Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar.
Is There a Future in Freelance Translation? Let's Talk About It!
If the demand for translation is increasing, along with opportunities for people with advanced language skills, why are many professional freelance translators having difficulty finding work that compensates translation for what it is—a time-intensive, complex process that requires advanced, unique, and hard-acquired skills?
Miami Spring into Action 2018
An outstanding program, fabulous speakers, and camaraderie in a beautiful location set the tone for the “Spring into Action 2018” conference in Miami.
ATA’s Certification Exam Preparation Workshop in Boston
Training has always been an important part of ATA’s mission. Organizers wanted to see if a full-day workshop led by graders of ATA’s Certification Program could successfully benefit both exam candidates and the program.
ATA Joins Language Advocates to Lobby Congress for Language Education and Industry Priorities
On February 15–16, 2018, the Joint National Committee for Languages-National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS), the authority on language policy in Washington,…
Remote Simultaneous Interpreting: The Upside and Downside
Remote simultaneous interpreting is relatively new and still needs a lot of enhancement. The good news is that we, as interpreters, can be involved…
Letters to the Editor
Why Can’t I Raise My Rates? | John Milan I searched the article expecting to find the word “efficient” or “efficiency,” but to my…