December 14, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

French is Alive and Well and (Even) Living in English

By Jacques Saleh

For all the relentless drumbeat, if not frenzied alarm, in the French-speaking world (as often witnessed on numerous French-speaking talk shows), to counter or curtail the seemingly inexorable onward and forward march of English worldwide, and for all the alarmed French and Francophile luminaries, grandees and pundits who feel that the French language is under siege by the Anglo-Saxon (or Anglo-American) linguistic onslaught, it behooves us to reassure those rearguard French and Francophonie defenders that all is not lost, and that in the spirit of cross-cultural comity and cross-linguistic camaraderie, French is still alive and well and living in English.

December 6, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

Traduction rédactionnelle : repenser les partis-pris, oser le naturel

**« Challenging Assumptions: Avoid a Stilted Style »**

Invité à endosser un rôle de rédacteur, le traducteur ne saurait se cantonner dans la littéralité. C’est l’appel à l’action qu’a lancé Marc Lambert, traducteur-réviseur à CPA Canada (Montréal) aux congressistes de l’ATA, réunis à La Nouvelle-Orléans en octobre 2018.

September 26, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

International Translation Day 2018: You’re Invited!

The following is a reprint of an email blast sent out by Jamie Hartz at Tilde Language and Molly Yurick at Yurick Translations.

Let’s make this year’s International Translation Day all about reaching out and raising awareness of our professions. We can change the way the world views translators and interpreters, but we need your help to do it!

September 10, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

Excerpt from “Un bonbon sur la langue”

By Muriel Gilbert

The following is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-released Un bonbon sur la langue by Muriel Gilbert, the FLD’s Distinguished Speaker at the upcoming ATA conference in New Orleans. Her new book comes out this month.

August 27, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

International Trade as a Translation Specialization

By Amanda Williams

International trade and logistics translation bears a striking resemblance to scientific translation. Sound crazy? Bear with me a second.

August 13, 2018April 12, 2026 FLD Editor

Review of Translation Workshop: French to English (Organized by Corinne McKay)

By Beth Smith

When I learned that Corinne McKay was going to set up a translation skills class rather than a business-oriented class, I was intrigued. How would it be set up? Who would the instructors be? Then when I saw the details, I knew immediately that I had to try it, even though the first time around with a new course risks some bumps in the road and hiccups. I don’t know about how it looked from the instructor side, but from my point of view, it was hiccup-free.

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.

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.

February 26, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

Working In (And Maintaining) Two Very Different Foreign Languages

By Ben Karl

When I tell other translators what language pairs I work in, I inevitably get one of several reactions: wow, those are so different! That’s impressive, where did you learn that second one? How the heck did you pick those two up? They’re nothing alike! Which language is that pink dot on your ATA badge?

February 12, 2018April 12, 2026 Web Admin

My Day on Capitol Hill

By Karen Tkaczyk

When I saw that ATA’s 58th Annual Conference in Washington, DC included ATA’s first Translation and Interpreting Advocacy Day I jumped at the chance to attend. I wasn’t alone: forty-five translators and interpreters participated. We met with staffers in congressional offices to inform them about issues affecting the T&I professions.

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