HB 23-1004, introduced by translator and Representative Elizabeth Velasco, goes to vote January 25, 2023; would cover personal or commercial policies for cars, homes.
Interpreters are vulnerable to vicarious trauma, burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue from repeated exposure to traumatic information. Here are some ways to deal with it.
As ATA wraps up its 61st annual conference, members vote on decoupling, a multiple-candidate mandate, and 3 new Board Directors to serve from 2020–2023.
We surveyed four language industry and translator associations about how Covid-19 lockdowns have affected business thus far.
New bill, SB900, seeks to ease the pain of California translators and interpreters reeling from the effects of gig worker bill AB5 and coronavirus.
Days before California’s gig worker bill takes effect, journalists and photographers sue state. American Translators Association doubles down in fight to exempt translators and interpreters.
Should ATA decouple certification from membership? How hard is corporate terminology? Is MT well integrated into translation productivity tools? Should institutions move to RSI?
Two longtime members have launched an independent campaign in response to an ATA Board of Directors decision to open the certification exam to non-members starting January 1, 2021.
US contractor debate continues to heat up as bill seeking to enact the Dynamex definition of “independent contractor” into California law makes its way to the State Senate.
In an effort to increase the perceived value of its certification, the American Translators Association will allow non-members to take the qualifying exam.
24-page report. Blockchain and Translation industry overview. ICOs, business use-cases, solution analysis, crypto chatter and further reading, a cautionary tale.
Cerlingo has launched the first platform for Language Service Providers (LSPs) to source, evaluate and hire expert translators for improved operational effectiveness and scalability.
Marina Gross, the interpreter privy to Trump and Putin’s behind-closed-doors conversation at the Helsinki summit, has found herself at the heart of a heated debate about whether a diplomatic interpreter can be forced to break confidentiality.
Business owners made USD 55,630, educators, USD 17,344 in 2014 per the latest ATA survey. Meanwhile, the Basque Government ran up an EUR 5.8m translation tab and the EU Court of Justice ruled a Flemish Decree contrary to EU Law.
ATA President-elect Corinne McKay responds to member pushback on updated Antitrust Policy that reinforces ban on talking about rates in ATA forums; defends policy saying FTC has gone after much smaller professional associations perceived to be anticompetitive.
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