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Archives for October 2014
Call for volunteers for the Brainstorm Networking event at the ATA Conference in Chicago
Dear Colleagues, The Business Practices Education Committee is looking for volunteers for the first ever Brainstorm Networking event at the ATA Conference in Chicago: http://www.atanet.org/conf/2014/events.htm NEW: Brainstorm Networking Find solutions! Make connections! Supercharge your networking skill set in this fast-paced, interactive, and collaborative event. … [Read more...]
Nuremberg trials interpreter Siegfried Ramler: ‘The things we saw were shocking’
Our previous Distinguished Speaker Mr. Siegried Ramler was featured in a recent article. You can read the full article here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/22/nuremberg-trials-siegfried-ramler-nazis-interpreter-war-crimes … [Read more...]
WASCLA Summit IX Registration is open!
WASCLA Summit IX Registration is open! Earn CEU's and Collaborate with Colleagues We're about a week away from Washington's only statewide Language Access Summit which will be held October 24th and 25th in Seattle, Washington.The theme of this year's Summit is: "Got Language Access: Culture, Collaboration, and Solutions." This Summit is particularly poignant as we mark the … [Read more...]
Consortium Court Interpreter Spanish/English Oral Test Prep
Consortium Court Interpreter Spanish/English Oral Test Prep Miami, Florida This intensive hands-on workshop dedicated to improving your scores on the oral portion of the Consortium Court Interpreter Certification Examination. Please join us to maximize your opportunity for success and to network with peers! Learn exactly what to expect during your test and how to … [Read more...]
AIIC professional development course: Portuguese C Workshop
Come for the Curitiba Summer HIT, the second edition of a very successful High Intensity Interpreter Training workshop for interpreters with Portuguese C or planning to add Portuguese to their language combination. Once again, novice Portuguese A interpreters will be around to give feedback and you can also choose to have optional private or small-group Portuguese lessons with … [Read more...]
Whatever Could Be Said
By Ewandro Magalhães On September 10, 1934, a speech was made in Nuremberg that would change the world forever. Thousands of fanatical German youths stood in well-trimmed phalanxes on Zeppelin Field as an awe-inspiring and eloquent Adolf Hitler brought the 6th Nazi Party Congress to a close. … [Read more...]
Workshop: Interpreting Profanity
As if it was not hard enough to interpret "medicalese", sometimes we are faced with emotionally charged situations at the doctor's office, where patients or family members blurt out insults, euphemisms and the like! How do we interpret that? Alvaro Vergara offers a workshop just to handle these kinds of situations. Attend this upcoming workshop and earn CEUs. More instructions … [Read more...]