Speech Recognition to Go
Repetitive stress injuries have a long history in medical literature. The first known report of this condition appeared more than 300 years ago, written…
Read MoreTranscending the Legacy of Jerome
Jerome, the illustrious theologian and linguist we celebrate as the patron saint of translators, may have been canonized after his death, but while he…
Read MoreMistake of the Year
Because few things are as fun as poking fun at myself, I wanted to share my most horrifying interpreting error of the year, which…
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Switching from a Laptop to a Tablet: An Interpreter’s Experience
If you’re an interpreter thinking of how nice it would be not to have to carry that heavy laptop around to each assignment, you’ll be glad to learn that there’s very little that can’t be done efficiently on a tablet.
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Beyond Post-Editing: Advances in Interactive Translation Environments
Post-editing was never meant to be the future of machine translation. Neither was translation memory.
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Don’t Leave Money You’re Owed on the Table!
Even if you’re not quite ready to retire, you should still be familiar with the procedure for claiming Social Security from other countries while living in the U.S.
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PEMT Yourself!
Getting ahead of machine translation will help put your career in the lead.
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Translators without Borders: A Community Translating to Save Lives
When communication brings aid, translation matters.
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Molly Yurick Wins 2014–2015 School Outreach Contest
ATA member Molly Yurick, a Spanish>English translator based in Oviedo, Spain, won a free registration to ATA’s 56th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida. Molly…
Read MoreThanks and End of Year To-Dos
From the Executive Director Walter Bacak, CAE walter@atanet.org Thank you to ATA’s outgoing Board members! Director Odile Legeay: Odile has completed her second and final…
Read MoreOf Oatmeal and Legacies
From the President Caitlin Walsh president@atanet.org I often start my columns with a few personal notes, and this last column as your president is…
Read MoreNow What? Making the Most of the Post-Conference Period
From the President-Elect David Rumsey nordictranslator@gmail.com By the time you read this, the memories of ATA’s 56th Annual Conference in Miami will be fading…
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