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What You Need to Know about the Small Business Administration's “Second Draw” of Its Paycheck Protection Program
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has now rolled out the “Second Draw” of its Paycheck Protection Program (aka “PPP2”), so now is a good time to take another look at the various federal financial support programs that are potentially interesting as sources of emergency funding for freelance translators and interpreters, as well as LLCs and S-Corps owned by translators and interpreters.
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ATA Webinars Series - Live / On-Demand
Check out the latest offerings in ATA's Webinar Series! These presentations are designed to help translators and interpreters strengthen their skills and expertise with experience-based information and techniques. Advance your career with affordable and effective online education!
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ATA Petitions CDC to Include Interpreters
ATA coordinated a letter with 20 other language organizations and associations to the Centers for Disease Control calling for onsite medical interpreters to receive early COVID-19 vaccinations.
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ATA Requests the CDC to Explicitly List Interpreters as Essential Workers Eligible for Phase 1 Vaccinations
ATA urges the new CDC Director, Dr. Walensky, to explicitly include onsite medical and interpreters in other settings, such as the courts, among the listed examples of frontline essential workers eligible for Phase 1 vaccinations. ATA also asks that onsite court interpreters be moved from the 1c level to the 1b level, especially in light of reports from around the country that they are being exposed to unsafe working conditions.
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Call for Speakers - American Translators Association's 62nd Annual Conference, October 27-30, 2021
ATA is now accepting presentation proposals for the ATA 62nd Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 27-30, 2021. This will be a hybrid (in-person and virtual) Conference. All speakers should be prepared to present in person, in Minneapolis, unless ATA makes a decision to hold a fully virtual event.
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Is the ATA Mentoring Program for You?
Need to move your business forward? Have questions about technology, management, or clients? Transitioning from employee to full-time independent contractor? Check out the ATA Mentoring Program. Applications from ATA members interested in participating (mentors and mentees) will be accepted through March 31, 2021.
