Legal Risks in Translations: Hanging On Every (Foreign) Word
Janel and her business partner Kevin go all in on their wearable-tech startup. They even get foreign patents translated into English to make sure…
Quoting a Large Translation Project
By May Fung Danis and Steven Marzuola May Fung Danis and Steven Marzuola each responded to a question about writing a proposal for a…
Anatomy of an ATA Conference
By Jennifer Guernsey Reblogged from the ATA Chronicle (February 2015) with permission from the author After hearing colleagues raise interesting questions regarding ATA’s…
2016 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: Rika Mitrik
This year’s ATA School Outreach Contest winner showed her audience how language professionals can save the day! Rika Mitrik, a Japanese<>English interpreter and ATA-certified…
6 Ways to Foster a Strong Relationship with your Project Manager and Earn More Work
As a freelance translator, some of your projects will come from language service providers (LSPs) as opposed to direct clients. If you attend the…
German Immersion Strategies for Expatriates and Other Deutsch-Fans
By Marion Rhodes Being aware of linguistic trends is crucial for translators. To avoid language atrophy, those of us who have traded our native…
Upcoming Changes to ATA’s Certification Program
ATA’s Certification Committee is pleased to inform all members and interested persons of some important changes in ATA’s Certification Program taking effect in 2017. As…
Congratulations!
The following members have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Spanish Maria J. Castano Miami, FL Federico Fuentes Spring, TX Veronica C. Hermida…
Espacenet: The Databases of the European Patent Office
Reviewed by Françoise Herrmann The European Patent Convention (EPC) offers inventors a uniform application procedure that enables them to seek patent protection in up…
An Interview with Lynn Visson, Retired United Nations Interpreter
Every interpreter has surely had excruciating nightmares about a panicky moment at the microphone, and my guest today is no different. (In one instance,…
Benefits of a Diverse Crew
From the President David Rumsey president@atanet.org Twitter handle: @davidcrumsey I managed to squeeze in an afternoon on a friend’s sailboat on a rare, non-working weekend a…