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Webinar on March 2: Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Planning for Freelancers

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What happens if you are hit by the proverbial bus? Or have power outages after a weather event? Or have to spend unplanned time in the hospital? Sensible contingency planning is not only your responsibility but also a gift to whomever will be handling the business in your absence.

In this seventh episode of ATA’s Back to Business Basics webinar series, presenter Karen Tkaczyk will walk attendees through implementing a basic emergency plan, including office infrastructure, crisis communications, and business continuity.

What will you learn?

  • Where to start in making a plan
  • Which tools can help keep this simple
  • Whether to have instructions and message templates in all your working languages
  • How to reduce stress for those handling your affairs
  • How a business can smoothly restart operations after an emergency

As with all the webinars in the Back to Business Basics series, ATA members attend free of charge, but they need to register.

For more info see: https://www.atanet.org/event/emergency-preparedness-and-contingency-planning-for-freelancers/

Upcoming webinars on audiovisual translation in February

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On February 24, there will two webinars on audiovisual translation:

Subtitling: How a Text Translator Can Become a Subtitler with Deborah Wexler
February 24, 12 pm Eastern time (Recording will be provided) – ATA members $45, non-members $60

Subtitling is a translation job. You’re a translator. Shouldn’t that be enough?
Actually, it’s not. When you’re translating a book or document, you have a single stream of text to deal with.
When you are translating a movie, you have two streams of information coming at you at the same time and are limited by reading speed and the number of characters allowed. And the differences don’t stop there.

Is this specialty a good fit for your business? Register now to find out!

What will you learn?

  • The differences between text translation and subtitling
  • Subtitling formatting
  • Basic functions of subtitling software
  • The dos and don’ts of managing time and space constraints
  • How to train yourself in subtitling

Closed-Captioning and SDH: An Introduction with Mara Campbell
February 24, 1:30 pm Eastern time (Recording will be provided) – ATA members $45, non-members $60

This webinar will describe and compare the techniques of closed-captioning (CC) and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH), both tasks that can offer entry into the audiovisual translation industry.
Presenter Mara Campbell will cover roll-up captions and pop-on captions with and without placement, as well as the pros and cons of available freeware and professional software.

What will you learn?

  • An understanding of what Closed Captioning and SDH are and what producing them entails
  • How similar and different Closed Captions and SDH are and the different audiences they serve
  • An understanding of the different types of Closed Captions and SDH and the industry standards captioners are expected to produce
  • The many freeware and professional software available to perform these tasks
  • To identify if they are qualified, capable and/or willing to learn how to perform these tasks professionally

Register for Two Webinars and Save!

Register for both Subtitling: How a Text Translator Can Become a Subtitler and Closed-Captioning and SDH and save $15.
Remember, if you can’t attend both live webinars, register now and you will receive a link to the on-demand recordings after they take place.

ATA Member: Click to Register
Non-Member: Click to Register

Back to Businiess Basics webinar – Jan. 14: Setting Business Goals

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New year, new goals – now is the time to make plans for your business!

Join presenter Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo on January 14 for another webinar in our Back to Business Basics series.

You’ll learn all about setting goals that will help you grow your business in 2021.

Like all webinars in this series, the live webinar will be presented exclusively for ATA members free of charge.

Can’t make it? Members will be able to access the recording for free in our library. Non-members may access the recording for a small fee.

Save your spot – register at: www.atanet.org/webinars/ataWebinar253_setting_business_goals.php

Back to Basics Webinar on Dec 14: Entrepreneurial Habits for Freelance Translators and Interpreters

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Join us for the last Back to Business Basics webinar for this year: Entrepreneurial Habits for Freelance Translators and Interpreters by Corinne McKay on December 14 at 12 pm Eastern.
As all webinars in this new series, it will be free to ATA members. Recording will be available to members at no charge (non-members can access it for a small fee).

Succeeding as a freelancer will always involve some factors you can’t control—like a global pandemic—but it also involves daily, positive habits and a business mindset.

In this fourth episode of ATA’s Back to Business Basics webinar series, presenter Corinne McKay will examine two kinds of business habits that can help you make the transition from “throwing it against the wall” to an actual business strategy!

What will you learn?
    • Why the entrepreneurial mindset is important
    • The non-entrepreneurial mindset that most freelancers have
    • Business processes that contribute to entrepreneurial habits
    • Mental processes that contribute to entrepreneurial habits
    • Simple changes you can make right away

Registration: https://www.atanet.org/webinars/ataWebinar252_entrepreneurial_habits.php