Freelance Finance: Separating Personal from Professional

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 19, 2021

Here at The Savvy Newcomer we understand that it can be intimidating to talk about money. It’s often a sticky subject, but we feel…

EIDL and PPP2: 2021 Edition, Part I

By Next Level | January 15, 2021

Disclaimer: This article does not constitute professional financial, tax, or legal advice, and neither the author nor the American Translators Association (ATA) assumes any…

The Ultimate Work-from-Home Checklist

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 12, 2021

This post originally appeared on the Freelancers Union blog and it is republished with permission. Before COVID-19, I had the opportunity to switch my environment…

Book Review: Never Split the Difference

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 5, 2021

Never Split the Difference is a book by former police officer and FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss that offers “a new, field-tested approach to…

Newsbriefs: December, 28, 2020

By ATA | December 28, 2020

In This Issue: ATA Petitions CDC, Best ATA Membership 2021, ATA Mentoring Program, Business Basics Webinars, Remote Interpreting, PPP Update: Forgiveness, ATA61 Winner, Latest Translatio, Language Advocacy Days, The ATA Chronicle

ATA Petitions CDC to Include Interpreters

By ATA | December 22, 2020

Following the release of the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Program recommendations, ATA petitioned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to explicitly include on-site medical…

Purchase Orders Revisited

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 8, 2020

This post originally appeared on the blog My Words for a Change and it is republished with permission. Way back in 2015, I asked my…

6 Reasons to Subtitle Your Social Media Videos for Better Engagement

By ATA Compass | December 3, 2020

I’ve been a subtitler and translator for well over a decade, working with streaming giants like Netflix and businesses of all sizes to help…

Meet GPT-3, the Latest Natural-Language System

By ATA | December 1, 2020

GPT-3, the latest natural-language system, generates tweets, pens poetry, summarizes email, answers trivia questions, learns language by analyzing online texts, and even writes its…

First Native American Poet to Serve as U.S. Poet Appointed to Rare Third Term

By ATA | December 1, 2020

Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet to serve as U.S. poet laureate, has been reappointed to a rare third term by the Library…

Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year Expanded for “Unprecedented” 2020

By ATA | December 1, 2020

The Oxford Languages 2020 Word of the Year campaign looks a little different this time around. This year has seen so many seismic events…

How ‘Deaf Broadway’ Is Making Musical Theater Loud and Clear

By ATA | December 1, 2020

Deaf actor and director Garrett Zuercher established the theater collective Deaf Broadway in March with the goal of providing unprecedented visual language access to…