Please see below information regarding announcements that may be of interest: 1- Test Policy Change – Oral Performance Examination § Please note that effective July 1, 2012, state policy in Florida requires oral performance exam candidates to score a minimum of 65% on each of the two sight translations, with an overall 70%. Section 6.1.1 […]

Getting Some Tennis Names Right Can Be Tougher Than It Sounds – NYTimes.com. Hundreds of matches in singles and doubles featuring players from Argentina to Uzbekistan are a linguistic gantlet of the highest order.

Freelancing Burnout: Causes, Symptoms, and Ways to Avoid it | Adventures in Freelance Translation. While burnout is generally described as a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion, there are various symptoms to look out for and a comprehensive list of possible symptoms will be presented later on.

Interpreters: The Unsung Heroes.  Interpreters break down linguistic and cultural barriers that divide people. (Advertisement)

Grammar: A Matter of Fashion – NYTimes.com.   We are taught that a proper language makes perfect logical sense, and that allowing changes willy-nilly threatens chaos. But we get a different perspective with a trip back in time.

Skype bug sends messages to random contacts, fix coming soon | ZDNet.   So Skype began to look into the issue. “Thanks for your reports and sorry for the inconvenience caused by this,” a Skype spokesperson said in a statement. “We are currently investigating and hope to provide a solution for this soon.”

One in five Microsoft logins are in hands of hackers | ZDNet.   “These attacks shine a spotlight on the core issue — people reuse passwords between different websites,” said Doer, speaking after the Yahoo breach last week that exposed 400,000 user details. “On average, we see successful password matches of around 20 percent of […]

Second North American Summit on Interpreting, June 17-18, 2011.   We were gently warned that technology is here to stay so we cannot postpone familiarizing ourselves with it so as to influence its development. Technology will not replace interpreters.  The interpreters who embrace it will displace those who don’t. As Barry Olsen reminded us, Wayne […]

Dear Members and Friends, Thank you to all who attended our December 12 meeting and Holiday Fiesta. The event was a success, for we achieved the goals we set: social networking, professional networking, an opportunity for the members and the founding board to address each other directly and, among other things, having fun! Minutes of […]