This material first appeared as an article in SlavFile, the newsletter of the Slavic Languages Division, here. Published with permission from the SlavFile editor and the author. By Dmitry Beschetny I joined ATA a couple of months prior to the ATA62 annual conference. Not long before that, I came across a colleague’s article full of […]
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Hybrid In-person/Remote Proceedings: Best Practices Learned the Hard Way
By Ernest Niño-Murcia This is an adaptation/updating of a piece originally published in NAJIT Proteus. When much of the country locked down in the spring of 2020, interpreters faced the challenge of moving their work online. Adapting to remote proceedings involved learning to use new programs and investing in new equipment and, perhaps most difficult […]
Translation by Interpreters and Interpreting by Translators
This material first appeared as a post on the ATA Slavic Language Division (SLD) blog here. Published with permission from the SLD and the author. By Dmitry Beschetny There is an ongoing debate in the language industry whether translation and interpreting services can be rendered by the same person. Needless to say, while these two services […]
Os sistemas judiciários brasileiro e norte-americano
Por: Bruna Marchi Para que o profissional da tradução seja capaz de navegar com clareza e precisão em diversos sistemas jurídicos, traduzindo os termos adequadamente, é necessário o conhecimento prévio da estrutura jurídica dos países com o qual se trabalha. É essa a proposta deste artigo, ou seja, revisar a estrutura jurídica brasileira e determinar […]
Considering the Past to Prepare for the Future…Come What May
This one is for court interpreters, but I bet it can apply to other language professionals, too. Look back over your career path for just a moment. How many times did you have to navigate around a barrier, only to find that the detour turned out to be a permanent new direction? Is this what […]
