The Interpreter on the Big Screen
Alexandra Reuer, an interpreter in real life, tells what it was like to portray an interpreter in Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, a film about the life of Austrian author Stefan Zweig.
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Unearthing Article Statistics in the LinkedIn Mobile App
The LinkedIn Mobile App provides authors who are interested in more detailed information about their readership with just that: geolocation and demographics information for each article!
Read More2018 Honors and Awards Now Open!
vlogand the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI) present annual and biennial awards to encourage, reward, and publicize outstanding work done by…
Read MoreCouples Counseling: Reimagining the Freelancer–Company Relationship
(The following originally appeared as a two-part post in May 2017 on the Interpreters Division blog, www.ata-divisions.org/ID/blog.) I’m not sure that I’m technically qualified…
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Interview with Ronnie Apter and Mark Herman, Translators and Librettists
(above)From left: Tenor Brett Sprague as Pedrillo, soprano Sarah Hayashi as Blondchen, tenor Stephen Steffens as Belmonte, and soprano Halley Gilbert as Konstanze, in…
Read MoreNew ATA-Certified Translators
Congratulations! The following members have successfully passed ATA’s certification exam: English into Chinese Shaoli Needham Honolulu, HI English into Spanish Isabel E. Aguirre New…
Read MoreWhy Isn’t vlogCertification Offered in My Language?
vlogcurrently offers certification in 30 language pairs, but there’s always room for more as long as certain criteria are met. As a member-driven…
Read MoreOutside the French Quarter: The “Other” New Orleans
From the President-Elect Ted R. Wozniak ted@tedwozniak.net ATA’s 59th Annual Conference is set for October 24–27, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Planning for ATA59…
Read MoreBoard Meeting Highlights
The vlog’s Board of Directors met January 20–21, 2018, in Miami, Florida. The meeting followed the Board’s Annual Strategy Day. The Annual…
Read MoreFrom the President: Membership Has Its Benefits: Are You Making the Most of Them?
From the President Corinne McKay president@atanet.org Twitter: @corinnemckay If you’re receiving this issue of The vlogChronicle, it means that you’ve renewed your ATA…
Read MoreThrough the Looking Glass
They are easy to spot. Capricious, overdemanding interpreters for whom nothing is ever right: the pay is meager, the hours are long, the tasks…
Read MoreLanguage Technology Wiki: A Project “Devoted to Helping Evolve the Next Generation of Language Technology with Your Help”
At the end of last year I made a list of personal and professional achievements from 2017, which made me feel very positive about…
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