By Françoise Herrmann The purpose of this presentation was to introduce translators to the new tools of the European Patent Office (EPO) Espacenet database. The original EPO Espacenet database (now called Classic Espacenet) was launched in 1998. The New Espacenet database was launched in November 2019. This presentation differed from the available, and excellent, EPO […]
ATA Session Recap
ATA61 Session Recap: “Contract Language in Russian and English”
By Eugenia Tietz-Sokolskaya, CT Slides available here. As translators, we are also writers, but what makes good writing? When I started out in legal translation and faced my first contracts to translate, all I was armed with were a few specific prescriptions from my professor at Kent State (“use ‘shall’”) and a general sense that […]
ATA61 Session Recap: “Interpreting for Workers’ Compensation Depositions”
By Holly Mikkelson, MA, CT, FCCI Slides are linked here. On October 23, 2020, I gave a presentation at the first-ever virtual conference held by the ATA. Despite all the technological challenges of coordinating sessions and giving access to participants scattered all over the world, the conference was a great success. My session was delivered […]
ATA59 Session Recap: “Subtle Flavors of the Law: Filler Words in German Legal Texts”
By Heike Holthaus Gummi bears. Juicy, flavorful gummi bears. Albeit void of nutritional value, who can resist? What does this have to do with filler words, you rightfully ask? Well, as Michael and Sabine point out, filler words, too, are void of “nutritional value” – they have no inherent meaning – but they can […]
ATA59 Session Recap: “Patents: From Draft to Grant, and Tackling Terminological Nightmares”
By Heike Holthaus Session presented by Heike Holthaus, Nadine Edwards, Nicholas Hartmann and Karen Tkaczyk ATA59 NOLA: great sessions, excellent speakers, fun people, interesting city, great food. And on top of all that I had the great pleasure of presenting a session with my esteemed colleagues Karen, Nicholas and Nadine on my favorite topic: patents. […]
