Over the past few months, I have received a number of different emails from people trying to scam me. They were from different “companies”, they had different approaches, different pseudonyms, but they all had one same goal. One of the emails was for an interpreting job. They accepted my rate, and additional fees, without any hesitation and they offered to pay me before I even … [Read more...]
“Dare to be different. Write a new page.” | By Marcela Jenney-Reyes
Recently the Tonight Show had the legendary comedian Bill Cosby as a guest. Besides cracking me up and robbing me of my precious hours of sleep, he joked around with different expressions that are part of our day-to-day conversations. One especially struck a chord with me: “I just want to make sure we are on the same page.” This idiom, commonly used to confirm we are talking … [Read more...]
2011 ATA Conference Impressions | Revisiting Boston with the ATA | By Helen Eby
This was my second time attending an ATA Conference, so at this point I felt that I had an idea what it was about. Boston was also home to me for 9 years, so I knew what to expect of the city and took advantage of the opportunity to reconnect with old friends. Since I wanted to get to know the ATA interpreting community and issues better, I went to sessions on interpreting, … [Read more...]