by ATIF WebMaster | Jul 18, 2015 | ATA2015, ATIF Event, ATIF news, Industry Events, Industry News, Interpreting, Odds and Ends, Partners/Sponsors, Professional Development, Professional Interest, Translation
We have the perfect Fall weather. And the ATA Annual Conference is a great opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world. This year ATIF is the Host Chapter and we have planned a few ways for you to get involved. Come to FIRST TUESDAY on November 3. It will be...
by ATIF WebMaster | Jul 10, 2015 | Business, Interpreting, Odds and Ends, Professional Interest
Interpreting without visual stimuli is more stressful, speaking for stretches longer than 45 minutes compromises accuracy, which creates more stress, vocal chords need to relax, the interpreter needs to unwind… Source: What Do You Call THAT? Increased Demand for...
by ATIF WebMaster | Jul 10, 2015 | Business, Interpreting, Odds and Ends, Professional Interest, Translation
I would say the right attitude is knowing you’re a business, and to succeed you have to constantly invest in your skills. It’s thinking and working hard to creatively find ways to improve oneself that suit one’s natural talents, experience and abilities. It is talent,...
by ATIF WebMaster | Jun 1, 2015 | Professional Interest, From around the world, Odds and Ends
The littlest things — punctuation, precise word choice and grammar — can hold tremendous power in worldwide climate negotiations. This year in Europe, editors get a chance to help make history. Source: NPR News:...
by ATIF WebMaster | May 20, 2015 | Business, Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, Odds and Ends, Professional Interest, Translation
There are cases where a translator’s or interpreter’s unique choice of words and how to render a phrase saved a life, or whose special knowledge of culture prevented a legal or political disaster, or whose expertise and skills are so critical to national security,...
