by Giovanna Lester | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
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. ...
by Giovanna Lester | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
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:...
by Giovanna Lester | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by Giovanna Lester | Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by Giovanna Lester | Sep 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
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.
by Giovanna Lester | Sep 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Does Justice Lose Something in Translation? – Speakeasy – WSJ. Translation is a difficult and specialized skill. Translating for the law is a branch of the profession subject to quite particular constraints, and oral translation from a tape being...
by Giovanna Lester | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Edith Grossman on the Challenges of Translation in America | Publishing Perspectives. But [Grossman] doesn’t hide that her translation ideology has little to do with exactitude. In Why Translation Matters, she wrote that “fidelity is the noble purpose, the utopian...
by Giovanna Lester | Aug 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
September 6 – Don’t miss our monthly get together at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Parking is available in the garage (2-hours free pass available with stamp from B&B) or meters on the street. The food is good, the ambiance relaxing and the...
by Giovanna Lester | Aug 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
In Hospitals, Safety Begins With Communication – Health – NewsUSA Copyright-Free Articles. In a 2003 study, researchers analyzed 13 patient-doctor encounters that involved an ad hoc translator, such as a nurse, social worker or siblings. On average,...
