I know that this post will show my local bias, but this year’s ATA conference in Denver was just fantastic. I didn’t actually take any photos, but you can see a few on Jill Sommer’s blog and look at the daily conference slide show on the ATA website. Thanks to Jeff Sanfacon of ATA for [...]
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ATA conference wrapup
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development, Translation industry news, Translation quality on November 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Upcoming ATA webinar
Posted in Announcements, Getting started as a translator, Professional associations on November 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ll be posting a wrapup of last week’s ATA conference soon; in short, it was fantastic. Enlightening sessions, enlightened colleagues and that unmistakable Colorado energy. I feel like the French sessions get better every year, and every year I come away with a long list of new ideas to improve my translations and my business [...]
Tips for a successful translation conference presentation
Posted in Professional associations on October 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Here in Colorado, excitement about this week’s ATA conference is reaching a fever pitch and I’m spending today putting the finishing touches on my preconference seminar, “Beyond the Basics of Freelancing.” I’ve read a number of good posts about how to get the most out of a translation conference, so here are a few tips [...]
Happy International Translation Day 2010
Posted in Announcements, Professional associations, Translation industry news on September 30, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Here it is September 30 again, and time for another celebration of International Translation Day! FIT‘s theme for this year is “Translation Quality for a Variety of Voices” and their press release focuses on the critical role that translators and interpreters play in preserving multilingualism in the world. In a case of professional synchronicity it’s [...]
Issue #2 of the ATA Compass
Posted in Announcements, Marketing, Professional associations on September 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Issue #2 of ATA’s new publication for translation buyers and consumers, the ATA Compass, is online now. It’s entitled “First, Do No Harm: The Myths of Healthcare Interpreting” and features interviews with Dr. James Rohack, the Immediate Past President of the American Medical Association, and Doug Green of the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and [...]
ATA conference: don’t miss the Early Bird deadline
Posted in Announcements, Professional associations on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re planning to attend this year’s American Translators Association conference (October 27-30 in Denver), don’t forget to register by September 24 in order to pay the Early Bird price. I’m hoping to see lots of Thoughts on Translation readers there, and I’m excited to present Preconference Seminar J, “Beyond the Basics of Freelancing.”
Insider tips for this year’s ATA conference
Posted in Links, Professional associations on May 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Here at the Colorado Translators Association, we’ve launched a WordPress website with Insider tips for the 2010 annual conference of the American Translators Association, which will come to Denver in October of this year. We’re excited to welcome our colleagues from around the U.S. and the world to the Mile High City and we hope [...]
Summer conference for financial translators
Posted in Announcements, Professional associations on May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Société Française des Traducteurs recently announced the program for the fifth session of its Université d’été de la traduction financière, a three-day conference for financial and corporate translators (or translators who would like to specialize in those areas). This year’s session will be held in Luxembourg and the lineup of presenters looks nothing short [...]
Planning a successful event for translators
Posted in Professional associations, tagged Colorado Translators Association, CTA on February 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Over the weekend, the Colorado Translators Association held our annual “holiday” party (which we always have in January, hence the quotation marks). We’re an association of about 100 members and we typically have about 40 attendees at this party, which seems to prove either that translators really need to get out of the house, or [...]
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Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, law and non-fiction books. She launched Thoughts on Translation in February, 2008 as a way to connect and share ideas with freelance translators around the world.
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