Virginia First State to Offer ASL Video Chats for COVID-19 Call Center
Virginia has become the first state to provide real-time video chat access to its COVID-19 information call center for users of American Sign Language…
ATA Joins Red-T in Advocating for Interpreters
ATA has joined Red-T’s international language coalition and Amnesty International to request the urgent relocation of interpreters who assisted American forces in Afghanistan. In…
Savvy Diversification Series: Monolingual Editing
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
Advocacy in Pennsylvania
When their negotiations with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) regarding the compensation schedule came to a halt, interpreters organized the Tri-State…
Newsbriefs: April 20, 2021
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Four Myths about ATA’s Certification Exam
This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. ATA’s certification exam was instituted in 1973. Its purpose is…
Language Access in the Spotlight: Meet Yasmin Al-Kashef & Piyawee Ruenjinda
As we are all trying to navigate our way through the disruptive changes that have taken place in our lives in the past year,…
What are ATA’s Mastermind Groups?
Mastermind groups are small peer-based groups formed to learn more about a specific topic. The members of Mastermind groups help each other solve problems…
Small Talk Tips for Translators
This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. The old industry adage might be spot on: most interpreters…
Upcoming CBS Sitcom The United States of Al Faces Backlash over Afghan Representation
The trailer for the upcoming CBS sitcom The United States of Al is being criticized for the casting and portrayal of a U.S. military…
Study Finds Google Translate Still Isn’t Good Enough for Medical Instructions
According to a new study by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in…
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Adding Five Languages, Including ASL, to the Written Test
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) announced the addition of five new languages, including American Sign Language (ASL), to the written portion of…