Translators without Borders: how your money works
Translators without Borders is currently working on providing critical information about COVID-19 in as many languages as possible. Here is how your money works.
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Language Access in the New Normal Conference Follow-Up: Myth Busting the New Health Care Civil Rights Rules
With the benefit of time to reflect about the conference and presentations, I wanted to provide some additional myth-busting information about the new health care civil rights rules, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
A Timely Gift
I was one of those lucky professionals who attended Interpreter Education Online’s inaugural online conference. And I can tell you that the value delivered was above the price tag – which is what I have learned to expect from IEO’s Team. Plus, I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with some dear colleagues who I had not heard from in a long time.
5 tips on being the best online instructor
By Liz Essary When I started the first year of my graduate work entirely online, I wasn’t sure what to expect as a student. I only knew that getting comfortable functioning in an online environment would work to my advantage as an interpreter who would surely some day be interpreting…
Interpreting Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus) additional Q&A
It was not possible to answer all the questions during the webinar, so we tried to cover all your additional questions here: Q: What is a biological medical product or a biologic? A: Biological products include a wide range of products such as vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells,…
Video Remote Interpreting education for all
Coronavirus or COVID-19 is on everyone's mind nowadays. For some it still is only the news you read and watch, however, it is a painful reality. With our remote team-member's uncle dying last week of coronavirus, the pandemic hits close to home. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and everyone…
Interpreters Want to See You Shine
I love my job. I know, I am lucky! The agencies that hire me usually go beyond the norm. But their clients have no idea of the work we do, the preparation required, the pressure we perform under and the minimum requirements for us to deliver at the level they…
Featured Interpreter: Giovanna Lester
Q: How long have you been an interpreter and why/how did you get started in the field?It was 1979 when I first started interpreting for my boss as part of my job. I did not know that was a profession or that it could become a career. The next year…
Interpreting: Stepping into the Booth for the First Time
The text below is aimed at individuals who have been trained but are stepping into a booth as professionals for the first time. These are my thoughts —nothing scientific about them, just good old experience, gut and gumption. So, the first thing you need to do is RELAX. The second…
ATA Members to Vote on 23rd ATA Division
By Tram Bui, Administrator of Southeast Asian Language Division (SEALD) The typical role of a professional association is to enable individual practitioners to collaborate, learn from each other, and speak with a (hopefully) unified, collective voice. For 60 years, the American Translators Association (ATA) has been the voice of translators,…
