Take Charge of Your Rates

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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Machine Interpreting and Misleading Marketing

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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Am I Ready for the Exam?

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

Why does ATA’s certification exam have such a low pass rate? Readers of The ATA Chronicle tend to be a savvy bunch when it…

Passive Voices Peace: Reconsidering the Ban on the Passive Voice in Your Writing

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

The guardians of the active voice might do well to revisit their disapproval of the passive voice as weak, evasive, or convoluted.

The "Shall" Conundrum: When Use Becomes Abuse

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

As drafters and translators, how do we know when we’re abusing “shall”? There are at least three very clear and simple cases of abuse that the author sees in dual language or translated contracts almost every day.

How to Leverage Testimonials When Marketing Your Business

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

Providing client testimonials is an effective way to market our businesses, but you have to be smart about how you request and use testimonials so that one client’s words can influence the decision-making of another.

Educational Interpreting 101: It’s a Lot Harder than It Looks

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

As school districts across the nation struggle to fulfill language access requirements and the needs of their diverse multilingual families, our profession needs to step up, make space, and provide concrete resources for educational interpreters.

Letter to the Editor

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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Board Meeting Highlights

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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From the President: Opening the Certification Exam to Nonmembers: A New Direction for ATA

By The ATA Chronicle | March 8, 2019

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Ergonomics for ATA’s Certification Exam: Unspoken Advice with Untold Benefits

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 5, 2019

Reblogged from The ATA Chronicle, with permission Shortly after I took the computerized version of ATA’s certification exam in 2017, I received an e-mail…

Presentation Proposal Resources for #ATA60 in Palm Springs

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 26, 2019

ATA speakers bring a broad variety of topics and perspectives to the conference. This is what makes it interesting! When you present as a…