Connecting with Josh Goldsmith Distinguished Speaker, ATA67 (Interpreters Division and Spanish Division) Our stories start long before we’re born, and Josh Goldsmith’s story is no exception. One generation connects to the next and the gifts and experiences they pass along help shape those yet to come. Sometimes, those gifts and experiences find an echo across … [Read more...]
Alberto Ferreras: a conversation about language, culture, and story
When Alberto Ferreras was in kindergarten in Caracas, his class was rehearsing Jingle Bells for the annual Christmas show. Sister Mary, the music teacher, came over to him. She bent down and said, “Honey, don’t sing. Just move your lips, but DON’T SING!” “I was five years old, she was a nun, and it was a lot like having God come down from heaven to tell me that I was not … [Read more...]
Maya Hess: A path not planned
Maya Hess, forensic linguist and founder of Red T, grew up in the town of Wald (tr. “forest”), to the southeast of Zurich in Switzerland. Surrounded by forests, rolling hills, and a large, socially conscious family, Maya had a plan. She would be a journalist and document events for the rest of us. But life has a way of changing our plans. A different path After moving to the … [Read more...]
Robert Joe Lee: Distinguished Speaker
-By Carol Shaw There are people in this world who see a disconnect in a system and ask what can be done. Then there are those who see the disconnect and ask what they can do. Meet Robert Joe Lee, doer. Not that he started out to fix the system nationwide. He started down that road as a seminary student and prison chaplain in New Jersey, trying to fix the holes in language … [Read more...]
Andrew Gillies: interpreter, trainer, author
By Helen Eby and Christina Green Andrew Gillies is considered one of the best trainers of interpreters and interpreter trainers in Europe. Now, the Educators Division and the Interpreters Division have the opportunity to bring this master interpreter and educator to share his insights with our members at the upcoming 61st Annual Conference of the American Translators … [Read more...]