Boston: October 26-29,2011 The ATA 52nd Annual Conference in Boston is fast approaching, so we wanted to keep you updated on certain conference activities and highlights. Look up the conference schedule: https://www.atanet.org/conf/2011/sessionschedule.php Check out the Divisions Offsite Events: https://www.atanet.org/conf/2011/division.htm Find a Roommate for the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Administrators’ Perspectives
Dear colleagues, As we look forward to the forthcoming ATA 52nd Annual Conference, we invite you to join us in Boston for an exciting and effective way to spend four days connecting with colleagues and friends from around the world, sharing with professional-interest groups, generating more business contacts with project managers, business owners and government … [Read more...]
First ATA Panel Webinar: Healthcare Interpreter Certification
We would like to thank ATA Headquarters, Elena Langdon Fortier, the ID membership and all the participants who attended the recent webinar entitled: "Shhh...Don't Say That! Ethical Dilemmas for Interpreters in Health Care". Now, we are very pleased to announce that the ATA Webinar Series in a collaborative effort with the ID Division has scheduled the very first ATA Panel … [Read more...]
Reflections on the NAJIT Conference
by Dan DeCoursey Article featured in the summer 2011 issue of Proteus, a publication by the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) www.najit.org. Reprinted with permission from writer. A colleague once told an anecdote about an attorney who asked him to interpret a legal phrase into Spanish. When the interpreter did so, the attorney … [Read more...]
Welcome to the ID Blog!
Welcome to the Interpreters Division first official of many blog posts to come. To everyone visiting our new blog, a very warm welcome to you! We will strive to post effective and informative contributions, with information about topics of interest and many sources of information as well as reporting about related forthcoming news and events, which promises to be a great … [Read more...]