The Beat Goes On: Stay Fired Up for the Long Haul!
Reinventing a career over the years requires strategy, flexibility, and creativity. There are many ways to keep the joy flowing. A linguist shares insights from her 23-year experience as a freelance translator, including ups and downs and what she considers to be the three stages of a T&I career.
2023 ATA Honors and Awards Recipients
ATA and the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation present annual and biennial awards to encourage, reward, and publicize outstanding work done by both seasoned professionals and students of our craft.
ATA Elections 2024: Call for Nominations
Do you know someone who would make a good potential candidate for ATA’s Board of Directors? If so, ATA’s Nominating and Leadership Development Committee would like to hear from you. Any ATA member may make a nomination. Here’s your chance to help shape the future of the Association!
The Realities of Child Interpreting and Ways Forward: A Recap of ATA’s Virtual Roundtable Discussing the Film Translators
On December 14th, ATA hosted a free virtual roundtable to discuss the depiction of children as interpreters in the film Translators, directed by Rudy Valdez and presented by U.S. Bank. A diverse panel of language services industry experts provided insights into the issue, explaining how the film highlights many of the challenges child interpreters can experience and how people who need professional interpreters can avail themselves of their federally protected rights to access them.
From the President: Strengthening Our Community
From the President Veronika Demichelis president@atanet.org Twitter: @vero_demi I don’t know about you, but I always think of the beginning of a new year…
From the President-Elect: ATA65: New Place, New Model in Portland, Oregon
From the President-Elect Geoff Koby president-elect@atanet.org At ATA64 in Miami, as I wrote in the last issue, we enjoyed being back in the same…
From the Executive Director: Your Membership, Your Voice: Making the Most Out of Your Membership
ATA Members-Only Content This content is an exclusive benefit for ATA members. If you are a current ATA member, log in for immediate access.…
How I Became a Member of the “ATA Class of 2023”
I had been toying with the thought of becoming ATA-certified since I started translating full-time in 2010 and becoming an ATA member in 2011.…
Thank You
ATA wishes to thank all our sponsors and exhibitors for helping to make ATA64 such a success! Sponsors Gold Wordfast www.wordfast.com Wordfast is a…
Newsbriefs: February 29, 2024
ATA members keep current with this monthly e-newsletter, providing media coverage relating to their profession from around the world.
Transform Your Site: English-Spanish Website Translation
With over 559 million Spanish speakers globally, the Spanish language offers a sizeable and fast-growing customer base for businesses looking to expand their market…
Recent Independent Contractor Classification Rule Changes and What They Mean for Translators and Interpreters
Insights from the Advocacy and Business Practices Education Committees of the American Translators Association on the DOL’s final rule on worker classification under the…