How to download your ATA membership card

No more waiting by the mailbox! Your ATA membership card is now digital and available for your download in the MembersOnly area of the ATA website. Just login and click the Membership Card tab. Click here to learn more.

Winter 2015 issue of interaktiv now available!

Dear GLD Members, The Winter 2015 edition of interaktiv is now available for download from the GLD website. Click here to download your own personal copy. (Find past issues here.) How many of us dream of taking full advantage of our freelancer freedom, trotting around the globe while […]

ATA: Call for presentation proposals

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for ATA’s 56th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida (November 4-7, 2015). Deadline is March 2, 2015. Find out more about How to Submit a Presentation Proposal for 2015 here. And watch ATA Board Member Corinne McKay’s very helpful (and FREE!) webinar on […]

Not on the ATA Business Practices Listserv?

The issues are real and so is the conversation on ATA’s Business Practices Listserv. Questions, answers, suggestions, recommendations, why I do it, why I don’t do it, why I disagree—it’s all there and available to ATA members. Open to all association members, including students. Click […]

Congratulations to our new GLD officers!

The GLD election results are in and the newly elected GLD officers are: Administrator: Mr. Michael Engley Assistant Administrator: Ms. Melissa Ann Field   Earlier this year the GLD Nominating Committee announced the 2014 GLD candidates in the slate broadcast to the GLD membership. GLD members […]

GLD Annual Networking Event Registration Extended

Haven’t registered for our Annual Networking Event during the ATA’s 55th Annual Conference? Well, you haven’t missed your chance! Register now by Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Enjoy an evening with your colleagues of the German Language Division at a pizzeria voted one of the “Top […]

July 2014 issue of The ATA Chronicle available

In case you missed the email, the latest issue of The ATA Chronicle is now available online in both flipbook and PDF formats. ATA members can log in to read current and back issues of the magazine. Go to https://www.atanet.org/chronicle/flipbook_main.php Along with a copy of […]

From the Editor's desk

The Winter 2014 edition of interaktiv is now available for download from the GLD website. Click here to get your own personal copy Dear Readers, The world of translation tends to lurk in the shadows of society and commerce – an industry that is rarely […]

Read all about it!! interaktiv Winter 2014 now available

Dear GLD Members, The Winter 2014 edition of interaktiv is now available for download from the GLD website. Click here to get your own personal copy Contents at a Glance Editorial by yours truly A Word from the Administrator by Eva Stabenow Minutes of the […]

Winter 2014 issue of interaktiv coming soon!

We’re putting the final touches on the Winter 2014 issue of interaktiv – the GLD’s biannual newsletter – so keep your eyes peeled for it. Unofficially known as the “writer’s issue,” the Winter 2014 edition puts the focus on translators as writers. In addition to […]

The GLD now has an official Facebook page!

Unofficially launched yesterday, the page has already received a healthy response! www.facebook.com/pages/GLD-The-German-Language-Division-of-the-ATA Please help spread the word and like the page! It’s our place to share information related to German, translation, language and the ATA and reach our social-media-savvy members. Enjoy!

2014 ATA Membership Renewal Open

The 2014 ATA membership renewal form is now online! Act now to renew your ATA membership and ensure uninterrupted access to the best direct marketing and networking in the language services industry—in addition to the latest technology news, member-priced education, and discounted liability insurance. Your […]

Summer 2013 edition of GLD Newsletter now available

Dear GLD Members, The Summer 2013 edition of interaktiv is now available for download from the GLD website. Click here to get your own personal copy Contents at a Glance Editorial by yours truly A Word from the Administrator by Eva Stabenow (Translation) Notes from […]

Birgit Vosseler-Brehmer Wins 2012 School Outreach Contest

The prize in ATA’s eighth annual School Outreach Contest went to ATA member Birgit Vosseler-Brehmer for a photo marking her presentation to an 11th-grade English class at the Kurfürst-Salentin-Gymnasium in Andernach, Germany. “It was important to me to show that translation is a real career […]

Winter 2013 edition of interaktiv now available

Drumroll, please! The long-overdue Winter 2013 edition of interaktiv is now available for download from the GLD website. Click here to get your own personal copy. In case you missed it, there’s been a change of the GLD guard. In this issue you’ll get to […]

Congratulations Birgit!

GLD Member wins 2011-2012 ATA School Outreach Contest   This post is long overdue! We’d like to say “great job” to GLD member Birgit Vosseler-Brehmer for winning the 2011-2012 ATA School Outreach Contest! Birgit won free registration to ATA’s 53rd Annual Conference in San Diego […]

Don't forget! RSVP for GLD Wine Reception

The October 15th deadline for reservations to the GLD wine reception in San Diego is rapidly approaching and space is limited so don’t procrastinate any longer! Check the Summer 2012 issue of interaktiv (page 8) for all the details. Find reservation information below.   GLD […]

Summer 2012 edition of GLD Newsletter now online!

The Summer2012 edition of interaktiv is now available here on the GLD website. Click here to download your copy. In this issue, Ruth A. Gentes Krawczyk offers her final “Word from” after four faithful years as the GLD Administrator. Don’t miss the important information she […]

Fun blog about coast-to-coast train trip

Italian star columnist Beppe Severgnini (of Corriere della Sera) traveled in June with German journalist Karl Hoffmann (ARD’s correspondent in Italy) on a trans-American train ride from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. The two journalists and a team of facilitators and translators recorded the journey […]

ATA 53rd Annual Conference

October 24-27, 2012 | Hilton San Diego Bayfront San Diego, California | www.atanet.org/conf/2012 The 53rd Annual Conference of the American Translators Association (ATA) will showcases diverse panel discussions, expert presentations, training workshops, and scholarly papers. Both general and language-specific sessions will be offered, not to […]

ATA Webinar: What's in Your Kit?

The Medical Translator’s Guide to Navigating Clinical Trials and Investigational Documentation Presenter: Erin M. Lyons Date: July 19, 2012 Time: 12 Noon US Eastern Time Duration: 60 minutes CE Point(s): 1 It’s easy to lose sight of the “big picture.” Translators working in clinical trials […]

ATA discontinues division newsletter hardcopies

Dear GLD members, The ATA has informed us that it is discontinuing mailing division newsletter hardcopies. The Board has approved this change. No new hardcopy newsletters will be mailed as of April 19, 2012. This means that the next issue of interaktiv, to be published […]

GLD's Jost Zetzsche on Speaking of Translations tomorrow!

Well-known translator & blogger, Corinne McKay, is hosting a free Q&A conference call with translation technology guru Jost Zetzsche tomorrow (March 21, 2012) at Speaking of Translations. The call will be held from 12 noon until about 12:30 (New York time). Jost is, of course, […]

"The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" by Jan-Philipp Sendker

The English translation of Jan-Philipp Sendker’s well-received novel, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (Das Herzenhören) was published recently by Other Press. Jan-Philipp was one of the GLD’s two Distinguished Speakers at the ATA’s 52 Annual Conference in Boston. Visit www.artofhearingheartbeats.com for more about the book, […]