Category: Translation
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TRANSLATING IN ONE DIRECTION OR BOTH – YOUR CHOICE TO MAKE
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Reprinted with gracious permission from Karen Rückert first published on the Translator Mentoring Blog Today’s post is an English translation with slight adaptations from an article I first published on my German blog. When reviewing the site stats for Translator Mentoring Blog earlier this week, I found that the most…
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Tearing up the Asphalt—Language Professionals Inside and Outside the Beltway Unite!
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Written by Joe Mazza, Administrator ATA Government Division On the morning of Monday, August 17, 1964—just days after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution expanded the Vietnam War, and only days before the Economic Opportunity Act helped launch LBJ’s War on Poverty—the newly completed Capitol Beltway opened to automobile traffic. It…
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Poetry, Passion, Performing Translators
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On a beautiful and festive Friday evening members of the New York Circle of Translators took to the stage at the Cornelia St. Café to show off their creative talents. This event is one of the major highlights of the year. Everyone always has a good time and the pictures…
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Professionalism and Professionalization
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On June 2 of last year, the International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA), the Association of Language Interpreters of Greater New York (ALIGNY), and the New York Circle of Translators (NYCT) held a forum under the title, “Translation and Interpreting: from Bilingualism to Professionalism.” The response to the symposium, in which…
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GALA – the Globalization and Localization Association, Who are they? How do they Impact Translators?
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So many factors impact our work as translators and interpreters. Small things like spotty internet connection to larger issues such as political mandates regarding language access, but what about the myriad of organizations and associations that deals with our industry. Below follows an interview with Allison Ferch, Director of Communications…
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RECAP: March Meeting
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The March meeting which featured Gabriela Lemoine, the CEO of Hispano Language Advisory, was well attended. Ms. Lemoine gave a presentation on Transcreation and Translation for Marketing. This was the same presentation that she gave at last year’s ATA conference which was so well received that it was scheduled twice.…
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Translation News from Around the World
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This information comes from member associations of FIT and is reprinted from Translatio. Austrian Associations succeed in Raising Awareness on the Difference Between Translators and Interpreters In a joint effort, the German-speaking professional associations loosely organised within the framework of what is called “Bremer Runde”, which meets several times a…