National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care
The National CLAS Standards provide the framework for all health care organizations to best serve the nation’s increasingly diverse communities.
The Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE): Keeping a Project Manager Sane
The Results-Only Work Environment concept is a fantastic opportunity for high performers to create an individualized work/life balance.
Translation in Transition
An exploration of change in the translation industry presented from three different angles: the technological side of change, the human side of change, and the business side of change.
Education in the Spotlight: A Report from ATA’s Education and Pedagogy Committee
ATA is committed to promoting high standards in translator and interpreter training and to the development of translation and interpreting programs within the American…
ATA Presents at the Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communication
The language industry was well represented among the exhibitors, with several language services providers and software vendors specializing in translation management. The conference had…
An Interview with Dirk Goepfert, Localization Engineering Manager
Readers of recent columns will have noticed that OWOW has been visiting different planets in our linguistic universe, boldly going where not many translators…
Gregory Rabassa
Gregory Rabassa, ATA Gode Medalist and Legendary Translator March 9, 1922–June 13, 2016 (Note: The following is an excerpt from a piece published in…
ATA’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…
New 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.…
Client 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…