How to Get the Most Out of the Buddies Welcome Newbies Program at the ATA Conference

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 4, 2015

by Helen Eby This post contains some of the information we provide in a presentation for the Buddies Welcome Newbies program we hold the…

How to prepare for the ATA conference

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 2, 2015

What sessions should I go to? What should I do to prepare? How can I find what I’m looking for? What should I even…

Export or Die

By ATA Compass | November 1, 2015

“Export or die,” The Economist warned American businesses in an April 2010 special report on rebalancing the US economy. In a recent interview with…

3 Ways to Enhance Your Medical Interpreter Training Experience

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 27, 2015

By Erin Rosales Reblogged from Connecting Cultures with permission from the author (incl. the image) You finally did it! After months of consideration and…

The Savvy Social Media User—Twitter Handle & Sharing Frequency

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 13, 2015

By Catherine Christaki and David Friedman Here at The Savvy Newcomer, we often get questions from our blog readers about social media and blogging.…

By The ATA Chronicle | October 7, 2015

Taking a Stand, Is ATA Certification Worth It?

Collaborating with Other Translators

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 6, 2015

Lund Translation Team by David Friedman I wanted to find a way to collaborate closely with other translators ever since the early days of…

Standing Up

By The ATA Chronicle | October 6, 2015

From the President Caitilin Walsh president@atanet.org You’ve probably noticed by now that this issue of The ATA Chronicle sports a shiny new look. This rejuvenated publication…

What I Care About

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 2, 2015

By Helen Eby What have I learned over the last few months? I care about people. María Díaz. Wow! She was one of my…

Proposed Changes to the Bylaws to be Presented to the Membership for Voting in November 2015

By The ATA Chronicle | September 25, 2015

The Board approved putting forward a proposed bylaws revision for approval by the membership. In the copy below, material proposed to be deleted is…

2015 ATA School Outreach Contest Winner: Molly Yurick

By ATA | September 24, 2015

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…

Medical Translation Regulations

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 22, 2015

By Surinder Singh Partly reblogged from The Language Blog by K International with permission from the author (including the image) Medical translation is serious…