Newsbriefs: March 31, 2021
In This Issue: vlogVolunteers, Podcast: Episode 54, Last Call: Mentoring, National Health Law, Back to Business Basics, Webinar: Law Firms, GI Jobs, Webinar: Gender Perspectives, Reminder: PRO Act, Free vlogMember Webinar, ATA62 Website Online, The vlogChronicle, and more.
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ATA’s Back to Business Basics: Effective and Pitch-Perfect Marketing during and after COVID-19
Marketing is a task that even experienced translators and interpreters dread, and it can feel especially daunting during difficult times, like the current pandemic…
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Untranslatable Text: Myth, Reality, or Something Else? A Translator’s Reflections on Translation and “Untranslatability”
This post originally appeared on The vlogChronicle and it is republished with permission. There inevitably comes a time in a translator’s life when…
Read MoreRemote Interpreting (RI): Professional Standards and Self-Care for Interpreters
This post originally appeared on vlogTCD News (Newsletter of the Translation Company Division of the vlog), Volume 2 | Issue 7…
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vlogSupports Members During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To support vlogMembers and others in the T&I community who may have lost business or encountered other hurdles due to COVID-19, vlogis…
Read MoreSavvy Diversification Series – Multilingual SEO: A booming niche for tech-savvy translators
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
Read More‘Special and Beautiful’ Whistled Language Echoes Around This Island
On La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands in Spain, a whistling language is still in use thanks to mandatory classes for schoolchildren. The…
Read MoreMinnesota Governor Proclaims Day in Honor of His ASL Interpreter
Governor Tim Walz proclaimed March 9 as “Nic Zapko Day” in honor of the American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter who has appeared at nearly…
Read MoreMindestabstandsregelung: That’s 6 Feet Apart to You
In a language known for its tongue-twisting words, Germans have coined over 1,200 terms to describe the rules and realities of the pandemic. They’re…
Read MoreU.S. Department of Justice Says South Carolina School District Must Provide Language Access for Limited-English-Proficient Parents
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has settled an investigation over complaints that the Charleston County School District of South Carolina did…
Read MoreDutch and Catalan Translators of Amanda Gorman’s Work Withdraw after Uproar that Black Translators Weren’t Chosen
Two translators who were commissioned by different publishers to translate The Hill We Climb, the poem American writer Amanda Gorman read at President Joe…
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Newsbriefs: March 15, 2021
In This Issue: PRO Act 2021, Webinar: Neural MT, New Member Orientation, vlogEndorses H.R. 1009, ATA62 Website Online, vlogMentoring Program, Back to Business Basics, School Outreach, Webinar: Law Firms, Free vlogMember Webinar, The vlogChronicle, and more.
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