{"id":348,"date":"2014-04-02T18:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/?p=348"},"modified":"2017-09-20T18:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T18:18:42","slug":"impressions-of-atas-54th-annual-conference-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/2014\/04\/02\/impressions-of-atas-54th-annual-conference-in-san-antonio\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressions of ATA\u2019s 54th Annual Conference in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2013 by Tania Penido (PLD member) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

My only complaint about the ATA Annual Conference in general has to do with\u00a0timing. I should clarify that I\u2019m from Brazil and I like it hot! Still, I wonder why the\u00a0conference is held in late October\/early November every year. These dates are in the\u00a0middle of prime season for freelancers, especially for interpreters. Also, it\u2019s chilly or\u00a0downright cold in most U.S. cities and hurricane season in some.<\/p>\n

Weather complaints aside, the conference this year was as rewarding as usual, in all\u00a0ways. I again arrived a few days early, to do some sightseeing. I really enjoyed the Alamo,\u00a0the missions, the Ghost Tour and dinner at the revolving restaurant at Hemisphere Tower.\u00a0Overall, it was a great few days of vacation.<\/p>\n

The conference itself was, as always, an excellent opportunity to network, which\u00a0included visiting with old friends and meeting new people. I have attended the occasional\u00a0ATA conference since the one in San Francisco in 1997. My first conference as a translator\u00a0was a turning point in my life: it felt like I was diving head first into a brand new world of\u00a0agencies, clients and freelancers.<\/p>\n

ATA 54<\/a>\u00a0was the first conference I attended after deciding to add interpreting to my\u00a0activities and getting my interpreting degree from PUC-Rio. I was, therefore, very pleased\u00a0about the strong emphasis on interpreting this year. Two sessions stood out for me as rare\u00a0and valuable opportunities. One was Harry Obst, who spoke of his experiences as a White\u00a0House interpreter under five presidents. The other was by an interpreter who worked at the\u00a0very beginning of simultaneous interpreting: the Nuremberg trials. At these two sessions I\u00a0felt like I also was a witness to history.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed the Portuguese language\u00a0sessions<\/a>\u00a0as well.\u00a0Luciana Carvalho<\/a>, our very well\u00a0chosen Division Distinguished Speaker, was memorable. She spoke about cultural clashes\u00a0affecting U.S. and Brazilian legal professionals. Americans and Europeans may never\u00a0understand how personal and subjective Brazilians can be, even during formal testimony.\u00a0Luciana did a great job of shedding light on this important issue.<\/p>\n

It was really nice to see old friends, make new contacts and put a face and voice to\u00a0clients I had met through e-mail only. I\u2019m already looking forward to the next conference!<\/p>\n

Tania Penido Sampaio is a translator and interpreter in Rio de Janeiro\u00a0<\/em>who enjoys ballroom dancing, travelling and travel\u2019s best companions: wine and\u00a0<\/em>gastronomy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2013 by Tania Penido (PLD member) \u2013\u00a0 My only complaint about the ATA Annual Conference in general has to do with\u00a0timing. I should clarify that I\u2019m from Brazil and I like it hot! Still, I wonder why the\u00a0conference is held in late October\/early November every year. These dates are in the\u00a0middle of prime season for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/PLD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}