With just a few days to go until the GLD Networking event and the GLD Annual Meeting, which will both take place before the conference, and 8 days until the 61st ATA Conference, we wanted to make sure you don’t miss any of the GLD events.
GLD Networking
Sunday, October 18, 2020
5:30 pm EDT
The GLD Networking Event will be a Zoom Meet-up and will be listed on the conference platform. To access the platform, members must register for the conference. On the platform, HQ will provide a link to the Zoom login info. EventLink is creating the listing on the platform. The platform will be accessible to attendees about one week before the conference begins on October 21.
GLD Annual Meeting
Monday, October 19, 2020
11:00 am EDT
The GLD Annual Meeting is intended only for GLD members; conference registration is not required to attend. It will be listed on the conference website’s Division page, where HQ will provide a link to the GLD Zoom login info.
Conference sessions
GLD members will once again be presenting a variety of sessions at this year’s ATA Annual Conference online. Here’s a list of the sessions in the German track to help you map out your conference schedule. You’ll find full descriptions as well as a list of other conference sessions here.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
(014) Decoding German Buzzwords: ‘Digitalisierung’ and All Things 4.0
Michael Schubert, CT
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
(125) Legal Translation: How Hard Can It Be?
Jacqueline Jugenheimer, CT
5 pm – 6 pm EDT
Friday, October 23, 2020
(034) Academic and Popular-Academic Translation (German>English)
Dirk Siepmann
German Language Division Distinguished Speaker
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
(044) Who’s Afraid of DeepL? (German>English, French>English)
Dirk Siepmann
German Language Division Distinguished Speaker
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
(065) Translating for Man and Machine: The Art and Craft of Search Engine Optimized Translations
Marion Rhodes, CT
5:00 – 6:00 pm EDT
Saturday, October 24, 2020
(071) Terminology of the Ears, Nose, and Throat
Jill R. Sommer and Karen Leube
11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Picture from a previous Welcome Celebration by Sandy Jones.
Robin Limmeroth is a freelance German>English translator, transcreator, and proofreader with 25 years of translation experience in various sectors. After graduating from Millersville University in 1990, she worked for Infratest Burke Marketingforschung and Mainz University of Applied Sciences, among others. Based in Mainz, Germany, she provides language services to a number of market and marketing research companies, advertising agencies, universities, publishers, and direct clients.
Robin is the Assistant Administrator of the GLD and part of the GLD in Europe team. She also served as Web Manager from 2020-2023.