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ATA’s One-Day Virtual Conference “Translating and Interpreting the Future: Empowering Professionals to Innovate and Thrive”

March 24, 2023

Do machine translation and artificial intelligence have you feeling like your “system” needs an upgrade? Make plans to join your colleagues for this educational and energizing look into how MT and AI are shaping the translation and interpreting professions! 

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ATA Opposes Oregon Senate Bill 584

March 7, 2023

ATA recently submitted a letter in opposition to Oregon Senate Bill 584, which would task the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) with setting up a web-based platform for scheduling and paying health care interpreters in Oregon.

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Honors and Awards: Open for Submissions

February 20, 2023

ATA and the the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation presents annual and biennial awards to encourage, reward, and publicize outstanding work done by both seasoned professionals and students of our craft.

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Improving Exam Accessibility

January/February 2023 Issue

By David Stephenson As the April 1st beginning of the certification exam year draws near, it’s a good time to look at the progress we’ve made in improving accessibility to the exam. To recall: as recently as 2015, all exams were administered in physical sittings and were handwritten. Fast forward to 2022, when the exam […]

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Terminology Management: What You Should Know

January/February 2023 Issue

By Marina Ilari Terminology management is the process of identifying, storing, and managing customer, company, or product-specific terminology that needs to be translated in a definitive way. Simply put, it’s the process of building a glossary with preferred translations (or ones the client doesn’t want used due to personal preferences) that you’ll then upload to […]

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Mentoring: Get As Much As You Give

January/February 2023 Issue

By Deborah Wexler The following was originally published on Next Level: The ATA Business Practices Blog. This initiative by ATA’s Business Practices Education Committee provides information for both freelancers and company owners to use in all aspects of their careers, from improving their privacy protections to planning for retirement. From the Next Level team: Do […]

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Profile of ATA’s 2022 School Outreach Contest Winner: Aída Carrazco

January/February 2023 Issue

When Aída Carrazco, the 2022 ATA School Outreach Contest winner, gave her presentation to her son’s fifth grade class in March 2022, kids were just going back to school after 16 months of studying from home. That meant she faced a unique challenge: students weren’t used to being in the classroom. Aída was determined to make sure she kept their attention by making her presentation extra fun!

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Protect Yourself: How to Prevent Lawyers from Blaming You for Depositions Gone Wrong

January/February 2023 Issue

Here are five key tips that, when utilized correctly, will help protect your image as a professional interpreter in front of attorneys and clients.

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Interpreting for Infant and Pregnancy Loss

January/February 2023 Issue

Routine obstetric visits are generally predictable and short. However, when pregnancy complications arise, medical interpreters need to be prepared to interpret accurately and completely for limited-English-proficient patients in this tragic situation.

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