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Entering the Official Document Translation Market, Part 1: Defining the Market and Niche
Struggling to find a niche that offers steady, long-term income amidst the AI chaos? Learn how to thrive in the…
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What’s Happening Now? ATA provides a snapshot of the current news, events, articles, podcasts, and more. ATA members receive a…
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Entering the Official Document Translation Market, Part 1: Defining the Market and Niche
Struggling to find a niche that offers steady, long-term income amidst the AI chaos? Learn how to thrive in the official document niche. This webinar shows how translators at any…
CLD Café: Bringing Your I to AI – The Rapidly Changing Technology Landscape in Language Services
Artificial intelligence is playing an ever-increasing role in the language services industry. Everyone—from individual translators and interpreters to the CEOs of the largest language services companies—is struggling to adapt to…
Diversifying Roles for Language Professionals, Part 2: The Linguist as an Expert and Strategic Advisor
Trapped doing basic translation work while the market moves toward higher-value roles? See how to reposition your expertise for consulting, strategy, and specialized in-house opportunities. You will learn how to…
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ATA’s Public Relations Committee: Promoting the Professions
ATA’s Public Relations Committee focuses on informing and educating the media and public about the roles translators and interpreters play in society and what it means to be a translator or interpreter.
Translation Associations Address use of Automated Translation Printers in Public Schools
The American Translators Association (ATA), together with the American Association of Translators and Interpreters in Education (AAITE) and the National Association of Educational Translators and…
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.
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