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Translator tools

Universal Cyrillic Decoder – a priceless service developed and maintained by Petko Yotov since 2004. If you find the decoder useful, send him a paper postcard at 4, square Emile Zola, 75015 Paris, France, with a view from your city/place to encourage him to keep improving it. Thank you, Petko!

Handouts and other materials related to the software tools for Slavists presentations in Orlando at the 49th Annual ATA Conference

ABBYY FineReader (OCR and PDF Conversion) ABBYY FineReader (OCR and PDF Conversion)

ABBYY FineReader (OCR and PDF Conversion) – presentation by Jen Guernsey

ABBYY Lingvo 12 and MultiTran Electronic Dictionaries ABBYY Lingvo 12 and MultiTran Electronic Dictionaries

ABBYY Lingvo 12 and MultiTran Electronic Dictionaries – presentation by John Riedl

Context Electronic Dictionary Context Electronic Dictionary

Context Electronic Dictionary – presentation by Becky Blackley

Context Smart Collocation Explanation (in comparison with ABBYY Lingvo and MultiTran) Context Smart Collocation Explanation (in comparison with ABBYY Lingvo and MultiTran)

Context Smart Collocation Explanation (in comparison with ABBYY Lingvo and MultiTran) – presentation by Becky Blackley

MultiTran Electronic Dictionary (Additional Information MultiTran Electronic Dictionary (Additional Information

MultiTran Electronic Dictionary (Additional Information) – presentation by Becky Blackley

ATA Certification Exams

Taking the Russian>English Certification Exam, Nora S. Favorov and James E. Walker Taking the Russian>English Certification Exam, Nora S. Favorov and James E. Walker

Interpreting

Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to Interpreters II Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to Interpreters II

Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to Interpreters II (Spring 2007)

The Slovist (1998-2004) The Slovist (1998-2004)

The Slovist (1998-2004) by Raphy Alden from the SlavFile Interpreter column

Assorted Pre-1998 Articles Assorted Pre-1998 Articles

Assorted Pre-1998 Articles

  • Articles on Interpreting by Laura Wolfson

Glossaries

U.S. Legal and Immigration Glossary, EN>PL/UK/RU U.S. Legal and Immigration Glossary, EN>PL/UK/RU

A glossary for translating U.S. terms into Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian, following U.S. federal immigration law, USCIS, EOIR and Department of State practice, and U.S. court procedure. Prepared by Yuliia Vereta.

English-Russian Olympic Terminology English-Russian Olympic Terminology

English-Russian Olympic Terminology by Yuliya Baldwin (a supplement to the “Word Buzz” article on page 22 of the Fall 2012 SlavFile)

General and Business Terminology (Russian Neologisms) General and Business Terminology (Russian Neologisms)

General and Business Terminology (Russian Neologisms), by Konstantin Lakshin

Challenges in Translating Russian Financial Statements Challenges in Translating Russian Financial Statements

Handout for “Challenges in Translating Russian Financial Statements”, a presentation by Robert Taylor (ATA Conference, November 3, 2001)

Multi-Slavic Glossary of Pharmaceutical Terms Multi-Slavic Glossary of Pharmaceutical Terms

Multi-Slavic Glossary of Pharmaceutical Terms

Legal and Social Sciences Glossary Legal and Social Sciences Glossary

Legal and Social Sciences Glossary, English-Russian, by Emma Garkavi and Vadim Khazin

Translating Court Forms: Lessons Learned Translating Court Forms: Lessons Learned

Translating Court Forms: Lessons Learned by Emma Garkavi (ATA Conference, November 1, 2007)

A Crash Course in Experimental Design & Statistics for Biomedical Translators A Crash Course in Experimental Design & Statistics for Biomedical Translators

A Crash Course in Experimental Design & Statistics for Biomedical Translators, English-Russian, by Lydia Stone

End of Life Issues End of Life Issues

End of Life Issues, English-Russian, by Elana Pick

Characteristics of Legal English Characteristics of Legal English

Characteristics of Legal English, English-Russian, by Tom Wes

Funky, Feisty English Funky, Feisty English

Colloquial English words ending in –y

Corporate Governance in Russia

Corporate Governance in Russia Corporate Governance in Russia
Translation and Corporate Governance in Russia (2007 Translation and Corporate Governance in Russia (2007

Other Articles

Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: A Textbook with Exercises and Basic Grammar Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: A Textbook with Exercises and Basic Grammar
Podstrochnik: Translation Between the Lines Part 1 Podstrochnik: Translation Between the Lines Part 1
Podstrochnik: Translation Between the Lines Part 2 Podstrochnik: Translation Between the Lines Part 2
Stone-Kovner Presentation on the Use of Articles in English Stone-Kovner Presentation on the Use of Articles in English
ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – Examples from all categories ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – Examples from all categories
ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – Gesture paper for Conference ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – Gesture paper for Conference
ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – SPORTS IDIOMS for Conference ATA2016-SL-3-Handouts – SPORTS IDIOMS for Conference

Useful links

  • Academia Rossica
  • Information on ATA Certification
  • List of other ATA Divisions
  • South Slavic <> EN Yahoo! Group
  • Russian Translators Yahoo! Group
  • UTIC-2016
  • Город переводчиков
  • Slavic Languages Track Presentations Archive

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