Dear colleagues, ATA Board and Interpreters Division member Melinda Gonzalez-Hibner has just sent the message below to the division's listserve: Hello everyone! The ATA Board will meet on August 4-5, 2018 at the Portland Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. We would love to know what ATA programs and services are working … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2018
Shooting the Messenger: The Case of the Interpreter in Conflict Zones
By Maha El-Metwally As conference interpreters, we know that the real start of simultaneous interpreting was at the Nuremberg trials in 1945. Until then, consecutive interpreting was the modus operandi. However, it became obvious soon after the Allies created the International Military Tribunal after World War II that consecutive interpreting was not going to be the suitable … [Read more...]