by Giovanna Lester | Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
ATIF is closing 2011 and starting 2012 in one strike. Enjoy! Speaking Out! Winter 2011-2012
by Giovanna Lester | Dec 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Press Association: Collins dictionary online for free. “It’s been a privilege to bring together the world’s best language specialists and lexicographers with a leading digital agency to create www.collinsdictionary.com,” Alex Brown,...
by Giovanna Lester | Dec 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Language Blog Translation Times: The True Spirit of Christmas: Helping a Colleague Recover. === A human interest story. At ATIF we have mobilized people to help in Haiti and in Japan. Can we do better close to home?
by Giovanna Lester | Dec 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
The top language stories of 2011, The Web of Language. …And we welcomed the fifth edition of the American Heritage Dictionary, which, its publishers warn us, may be “the last print dictionary,” though critics objected when the AHD relabeled the offensive term...
by Giovanna Lester | Dec 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nataly Kelly: Adventures in Hyperpolyglottery: Inside the Mind of Extreme Language Learners. “The changing linguistic world needs polyglots! We need to know what makes them tick so we can find out how to reproduce or mimic what they are able to do. We...
by Giovanna Lester | Dec 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
2011-12 Winter Newsletter | The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. The latest issue of CMI Tides is out! Get your copy here. In this issue: — An entire interpreting team certified in Houston, Texas — the first interpreter who is...