FLD Member Updates – Second Quarter 2018

Members provide updates to share with the French Language Division. If you have a professional update you would like to share, please email it to us at divisionfld@atanet.org.

Nanette McGuinness‘s translation from the French of the graphic novel Luisa: Now and Then (adapted by Carol Maurel, released June 2018) received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
Adrianne Swartz was awarded the title of CoreCHI™ Professional by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) in the fall of 2017.
Carolyn Yohn‘s translation from the Hungarian of the book Soul Stories is now in print.
Stephanie Strobel‘s translation of Bruce Benamran’s How to Speak Science: Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant will be published on September 4, 2018. Enjoy a romp through science from Aristotle through Quantum Physics, and find out how magnets work, whether light is made of waves or particles, and more.

Congratulations on your achievements!

July 16, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

The ATA Certification Exam: My Journey from Pencil to Keyboard

By Meghan McCallum

Earlier this year, I was delighted to receive the news that I had passed the ATA French to English certification exam. I now have an official Certified Translator seal and the designation of “ATA-certified French to English translator” in my credentials. And, of course, I’m looking forward to sporting the “Certified” ribbon on my badge at ATA59 in October!

July 2, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Proust Questionnaire – feat. Jenn Mercer

This is part of a continuing series of Proust questionnaires answered by members of the FLD Leadership Council. Jenn Mercer is a French to English translator specializing in Legal, Financial, and IT translation. She has degrees in French and English from NC State University and a Certificate in French to English Translation from New York University. She is the current Assistant Administrator of the French Language Division.

June 28, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

FLD Continuing Education Series – Episode 13: Financial Translation Traps and Tricks

Welcome to the 13th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Amanda Williams joins Angela Benoit to discuss the ins and outs of financial terminology.

June 18, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Proust Questionnaire – feat. Eve Bodeux

This is part of a continuing a series of Proust questionnaires answered by members of the FLD Leadership Council. Eve Lindemuth Bodeux is serving her second two-year term as Administrator of the French Language Division. In the 1990s, she was editor of the FLD newsletter (when it was still printed on paper!). A French to English translator, she has been active in the translation industry for more than two decades. She specializes in high-level business documents, international development and digital marketing texts. She has authored many articles for industry professionals, clients and the business community as well as her book for language professionals, Maintaining Your Second Language. She can be reached at www.bodeuxinternational.com.

June 4, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Les avantages insoupçonnés des glossaires

By Audrey Pouligny

[Editor’s note: This article was originally published at Le mot juste en anglais.]

Traducteurs : Quelques réflexions sur la manière dont les glossaires peuvent nous aider à éviter certains écueils avec nos clients, voire même améliorer et renforcer nos relations avec ces derniers.

May 21, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Proust Questionnaire – feat. Andie Ho

This is part of a continuing series of Proust questionnaires answered by members of the FLD Leadership Council. Andie Ho is a French-to-English translator to the food industry.

May 7, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Proust Questionnaire – feat. Jennifer Bader

This is part of a continuing series of Proust questionnaires answered by members of the FLD Leadership Council. Jennifer Bader is an ATA-certified French-to-English translator specializing in corporate, legal, and financial translations. She is also a practicing attorney and and a founding partner of Provenzano Granne & Bader LLP. She has been a translator since 2011 and an attorney since 1999.

April 23, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Getting My Poincaré Translation Published

By Bruce Popp

Faithful readers of this newsletter and attendees at the 58th ATA Annual Conference will know that Springer published my translation of a book by Poincaré in May 2017. The editor of this newsletter suggested to me that readers might be interested in hearing about my experience finding and working with a publisher. To tell that story, it is best to start at the beginning.

April 20, 2018May 1, 2026 FLD Editor

[Transcript] ATA Continuing Education Series Podcast — Episode 14 — State of the FLD 2018

Close-up of a microphone against a purple background — ATA FLD Podcast. Photo Credit: Unsplash

To make our Continuing Education Series Podcast more accessible and searchable for FLD members and the general public, we are now offering transcriptions of our episodes right here on À Propos. Many thanks to our volunteer transcriptionists, who are credited at the bottom of each transcription. If you’re interested in helping us transcribe podcast episodes, email divisionFLD [at] atanet [dot] org.

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