ID/SPD JOINT MID-YEAR CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS The Interpreters Division and the Spanish Language Division are accepting proposals for their Mid-Year Conference to be held March 16-18, 2012 at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, Florida. The Interpreters and Spanish Language Divisions will host this joint conference featuring educational sessions, networking opportunities, … [Read more...]
ATA 52nd Annual Conference
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...]
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...]