American Translators Association
Challenges in Human Rights Translation
Learn how to Research Terminology and Make Your Writing Shine Finding the best terms to use in any area of translation can be tricky. Fortunately, translators working in human rights translation have a deep reserve of resources to help them find the right word every time. Attend this webinar to learn more about the wide…
Diversification: A Tool for Thriving in Uncertain Times
While many things are uncertain when you run your own business—especially during a pandemic and economic crisis—one thing is clear so far: freelancers with diverse businesses tend to do better than those whose businesses focus on a single service.Diversifying your translation and interpreting business can take many forms: exploring new specializations and services; offering services…
Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal
Audio description makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision—the visual is made verbal. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, describers convey the visual image that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population: 26.1 million Americans who are blind or have trouble seeing even…
Introducing ATA’s Mastermind Program
Most translators go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. Enter ATA's new Mastermind Program, an opportunity for members to tackle business issues together in small collaborative mentoring…
Handling the Holidays as a Freelancer
This is the third webinar in ATA’s Back to Business Basics series. Each webinar in the series focuses on a small, practical piece of business advice for translators and interpreters—useful for beginners as well as experienced professionals, plus everything in between. At only 45 minutes, Back to Business Basics presentations are shorter than ATA's regular…
Diabetes 101: An Overview for Medical Translators and Interpreters
It does not take long for a new translator or interpreter to see that terminology for diabetes is a necessity in their work. But what about an understanding of the disease? Even experienced linguists may fall short on knowing the full story, and the latest treatment options, for the condition. Join Presenter Tracy Young in…
Post-Editing: How to Make Machine Translation Work for You
This webinar is presented in Spanish. Should we trust the "man vs. machine" rhetoric that we often see in public media and translation forums, or is that view somewhat short-sighted? Despite its shortcomings, machine translation has proven to be useful in certain niche markets. This is shown not only by its wide adoption by big…
Entrepreneurial Habits for Freelance Translators and Interpreters
Succeeding as a freelancer will always involve some factors you can't control—like a global pandemic—but it also involves daily, positive habits and a business mindset. In this fourth episode of ATA's Back to Business Basics webinar series, presenter Corinne McKay will examine two kinds of business habits that can help you make the transition from…
Mastermind Program: Open for Applications
Don't go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA can help! ATA's Mastermind Program uses a peer-based…
Ungar German Translation Award: Open for Submissions
The ATA Ungar German Translation Award is bestowed biennially in odd-numbered years for a distinguished literary translation from German into English.
Setting Goals for Your Freelance Translation or Interpreting Business
Setting realistic goals for your business can be a daunting task. Where do you start? What is the right combination of ambition and reason? How often do you assess your progress and adjust your tactics?In this fifth episode of ATA's Back to Business Basics Webinar Series, presenter Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo will review the steps to…
Board of Directors Meeting
The ATA Board of Directors Meeting will be held online. All ATA members are invited to attend.Want to attend?Email your name and membership number to boardmeeting@atanet.org with the subject line Request to Attend the ATA Board Meeting. The Board meeting agenda will be posted here prior to the meeting.Don't know how a Board meeting works?Listen to…
The New Remote Interpreting Landscape: Back to the Hack
Before COVID-19, remote interpreting was making slow, but steady, inroads into our profession, primarily over platforms specifically designed for providing interpreting services. Almost overnight, any kind of orderly progression for adopting over-the-phone (OPI), video remote (VRI), and remote simultaneous (RSI) interpreting was overtaken by market demand during the pandemic.At the end of 2020, every platform…
Phone and Email Etiquette for Freelancers
Communicating with clients is key to every freelancer's success. Still, it's a skill that few of us have studied, or even thought about in any strategic way.In this sixth episode of ATA's Back to Business Basics Webinar Series, presenter Corinne McKay will start with the basics of professional email and phone communication. Then she'll move…
Subtitling: How a Text Translator Can Become a Subtitler
Subtitling is a translation job. You're a translator. Shouldn't that be enough? Actually, it's not. When you're translating a book or document, you have a single stream of text to deal with. When you are translating a movie, you have two streams of information coming at you at the same time and are limited by…
Closed-Captioning and SDH: An Introduction
This webinar will describe and compare the techniques of closed-captioning and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, both tasks that can offer entry into the audiovisual translation industry. Presenter Mara Campbell will cover roll-up captions and pop-on captions with and without placement, as well as the pros and cons of available freeware and professional software.What…
Call for Speakers Deadline
Speaking is a challenging and rewarding opportunity. All proposals are selected through a competitive peer-review process. By contributing to the advancement of your profession, you will build your reputation and résumé, widen your networking circle, and position yourself as a key player to help shape the future of the T&I industry. Speakers come from all…
Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Planning for Freelancers
What happens if you are hit by the proverbial bus? Or have power outages after a weather event? Or have to spend unplanned time in the hospital? Sensible contingency planning is not only your responsibility but also a gift to whomever will be handling the business in your absence. In this seventh episode of ATA's…
Business Planning for Interpreters and Translators
Being successful requires good business management skills, some of which you may have already learned the hard way. This 90-minute webinar is here to help.
Interpreting Idioms and Cultural References
Interpreters invest a significant amount of time in learning professional terminology, such as terminology related to medical, legal, educational, or social services, as well as the ins and outs of the U.S. health care, school, and criminal justice systems—and rightly so. However, interpreting in these settings involves more than Latin-based legal terms, dense medical jargon,…
Translating in the Age of Neural Machine Translation, Part I
Artificial intelligence and neural networks are disrupting many industries, and translation is no exception. The question is not whether these technologies will impact the day-to-day work of translators and interpreters, but instead how language professionals will adapt to them over the course of their careers. Prepare for the future by attending this two-part webinar series…
Personal Branding Basics
Developing a personal brand is a classic "work smarter, not harder" technique. When done well, it will showcase your specific expertise and skill set, bringing focus to your marketing and targeting your ideal clients. Far more than a logo or a slogan, your personal brand will tell your story, from who you are and what…
Doing Business with Law Firms
Legal translators are expected to master both law and language in a market with its own unique, and often rigid, set of rules. This is not a field you jump into unprepared. So how do you know if this field is right for you? How do you prepare to cater to this demanding market? Should…
How to Provide Language Services from a Gender Perspective
The emergence of several guides to inclusive language in the Spanish-speaking world and the reaction that the Royal Spanish Academy has had toward them beg a controversial question: should language service providers worry about inclusive language? Many of us do not really know what inclusive language is but are curious about this linguistic phenomenon. We…