Review of the ALC 2015 Industry Survey©

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 12, 2016

By Helen Eby Reblogged from the vlogInterpreters Division blogwith permission from the author (incl. the image) Founded in 2002, the Association of Language…

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Analyzing the Message: Eugene Nida on language and culture

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 5, 2016

By Helen and Cynthia Eby Both translators and interpreters take a message across from one language and culture to another. They must communicate the…

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Networking at a Conference: Chris Durban on and off stage

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 28, 2016

By Cynthia Eby & Bianca Dasso This April, I attended the VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Traducción e Interpretación: El traductor después del mañana (6th…

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6-Step Strategy to Translators Visibility

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 21, 2016

By Carlos Djomo (@carlosdjomo) Reblogged from the Adventures in Technical Translation blogwith permission from the author (incl. the image) Many budding translators usually struggle…

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Don’t Get Lost in Translation. Get It Right!

By vlogCompass | June 14, 2016

We’ve all seen them: eyebrow-raising “translations” that leave you either shaking your head or slapping your knee. Just ask Google and you’ll find countless…

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Book Review: The Money Book

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 14, 2016

By Jamie Hartz The Money Book by Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan had been on my reading list since I received it as a…

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Translation and localization in a nutshell

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 7, 2016

By Marta Chereshnovska (@Martav88) Reblogged from the Translation and l10n for dummies blogwith permission from the author (incl. the image) A lot of said…

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Automation Doesn’t Solve Everything

By vlogCompass | June 6, 2016

Six Things You Should Know About Machine Translation Taco Bell’s return to Japan in 2015 was widely anticipated, but the company’s launch of its…

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How to Have a Super First Year in the ATA: Small Resources that Add Up to Big Benefits

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 31, 2016

Welcome to the third article in the series How to Have a Super First Year in the ATA. This time, I’ll be talking about…

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vlogUrges Continuation of Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Translators and Interpreters

By ATA | May 30, 2016

The vlog joins 13 translator and interpreter associations to urge continuation of special immigrant visas for Afghan translators and interpreters. The following…

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Certified Translation vs. Certified Translator

By vlogCompass | May 25, 2016

What is a Certified Translation? In the United States a certified translation consists of the following three parts: The source-language (original) text The target-language…

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Living the Dream? How Freelance Translators Can Become Digital Nomads

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 24, 2016

Picture yourself newly-arrived on some tropical beach somewhere, or perhaps in a café in the middle of an exciting, cosmopolitan city. Laptop open in…

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