Last year, I quit my localization job in Silicon Valley to go on a sabbatical leave with my husband. We wanted to both travel the world and combine our travels with some meaningful volunteer experience. The idea was born after hearing about the experience someone we knew had had as a volunteer in one of […]
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Should remote interpreting be last-resort interpreting?
If you are an interpreter, it has been hard to get away from the rise in the profile of remote interpreting. It’s not that there have been any massive technical breakthroughs. Suppliers have simply managed to leverage increases in internet speed and faster processors and GPUs into products that are far more reliable and useful. […]
PLD at the APTRAD 2nd International Conference – Drinking in the Wonders of Porto
The Portuguese Association of Translators and Interpreters has just signed off on its second international conference in beautiful Porto. Local fellow PLD member Julia Pedro (who we have previously profiled here) was kind enough to set up a little get-together at Casa da Música, a gorgeous gem of a concert venue/restaurant/café/and-then-some right by the conference […]
Gender and Diversity in Translation
Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a world of exploitation and oppression. – Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza [1] I have always been an avid reader. I remember arguing sometimes with my parents as a child because I wanted to read during lunch and spend the night awake just to finish a chapter. This was during the same […]
Member Profile: William Dent
Name: William Dent Where I live: Washington, DC Email: williamdentjr@gmail.com What I do: I am a linguist by nature who enjoys interpretation and translation work. It is my work in the environmental field in Latin America, however, that generates most of my income. I currently run an environmental education program at […]
My view on the last PLD Meetup in São Paulo, Brazil
Last February, we had the first 2018 meetup of the ATA Portuguese Language Division (PLD) in São Paulo, and, fortunately, I was able to join the group for a lively and fun get-together. It was my first time at such an event promoted by the PLD, and those who know me might think, “Really?”, since […]
