National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters Webinar Friday, Sept. 23 at 10am Pacific |11am Mountain | 12 noon Central | 1pm  Eastern Time The next webinar will be given by National Board Chair Elena Langdon Fortier and offers a step-by-step guideline on how to prepare for the National Board’s written and oral exam, which […]

Translation derails sex assault trial | News | National Post.   But the judge found the errors violated Mr. Dutt’s charter right to translation, and that, in effect, he had been excluded from his own trial.

Translator/interpreter becomes top profession for 2012 – Employment – ReviewJournal.com.   According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, translators and interpreters will experience faster-than-average employment growth through 2018.

Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Georganne Weller for a brilliant workshop. We already have requests for repeats and similar presentations at different levels. Well 2012 is around the corner and we are working on our Professional Development Events Calendar. Keep your suggestions coming!  

What freelance translators need to know about Contracts and Purchase Orders.   “[…] contracts between translators and clients (particularly freelancers and agencies) are oftentimes not a product of negotiation or free will.” Paula.   – contribution by Olga Santiago.

Why Some Languages Sound So Much Faster than Others – TIME.   “A dense language will make use of fewer speech chunks than a sparser language for a given amount of semantic information.” In other words, your ears aren’t deceiving you: Spaniards really do sprint and Chinese really do stroll, but they will tell you […]

The Board of Directors welcomes its 2011 Nominating Committee: Karen Borgenheimer, Supervisor, Joaquin Fermoselle and Mayeluz Navarro, Officers. They are ready to receive your nominations so a slate of candidates can be submitted for voting. All Active members of ATIF not in the Nominating Committee are eligible to run for office. These are the openings: […]

Translation: Shape-shifting | The Economist.   In the guise of a book about translation this is a richly original cultural history, a journey from the days when the Greeks simply ignored other languages and the Romans forced all subject peoples to learn Latin, to Google Translate.

City Council to consider contract for court interpreter | Nooga.com.   “We charge the defendant with the fee, which is usually about $35 a pop,” [Chattanooga County Judge Russell] Bean said.