The Man Who Beat Magellan in the Race Around the Globe
Could the first man to circumnavigate the globe actually have been an interpreter? Most people think of Ferdinand Magellan as the Portuguese explorer who…
Call for Nominations: ATA Officers and Directors
Do you know someone who would make a good potential candidate for ATA’s Board of Directors? Here’s your chance to help shape the future of the Association!
Rika Mitrik Educates Future Clients and Bilingual Children, Wins 2016 School Outreach Contest
Knowing that she had to adapt the content of her presentation to the short attention span of three- to five-year-olds, this year’s School Outreach winner used a role-play exercise and some interactive activities to explain the difference between translation and interpreting.
Feedback: Going Beyond “That Was Great”
Giving feedback is not just a matter of half-listening and then telling your practice partner, “Yeah, that was great.” Practicing with a partner or in groups involves not only giving feedback to others, but learning to accept their feedback.
Why Ergonomics Matters to Professional Translators
Most translators probably associate the term “ergonomics” with office chairs and keyboards. While these factors are all relevant, there is a much broader definition.
Spider Marketing: How to Get Clients to Come to You
It’s not that going out and selling yourself is never worthwhile, but it’s possible, and even quite likely, to spend lots of time and energy on it with little or no result.
Why I Train Interpreters
If we want qualified interpreters (which I argue we do), we need to continue to train interpreters. I live in a tiny conference interpreting…
Online Training Resources for Translators
As chair of ATA’s Translation and Interpreting Resources Committee, my goal is to gather information on resources of all kinds, including those related to…
The Certification Toolbox: Get Ready!
Late fall and early winter are traditionally a slow time for ATA’s Certification Program, since no exam sittings are scheduled between ATA’s Annual Conference…
Congratulations!
The following members have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Chinese Sijin Xian North Bethesda, MD English into Japanese Hiromi Fujii Novi, MI…