Here’s What Happened at ATA’s Expert-in-the-Loop and AI Conference
Speakers at the ATA MT and AI virtual conference coincided in a message urging attendees to embrace the changes AI brings to the way translators and interpreters work.
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American Translators Association Nudges Oregon to Improve Healthcare Interpreting Bill
Following a February 2023 letter, a March 2023 amendment incorporates ATA’s suggestion. Bill to establish web-based platform scheduling and payment platform still under consideration.
Colorado Translator (and State Representative) Wants Insurers To Translate Policies
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.
Here Are the Coping Mechanisms Interpreters Need to Deal With Vicarious Trauma
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.
American Translators Association Elects 3 New Board Directors
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.
Language Industry Assesses Damage as Lockdowns Ease
We surveyed four language industry and translator associations about how Covid-19 lockdowns have affected business thus far.
New Bill Aims to Lessen Fallout From AB5-Coronavirus One-Two Punch
New bill, SB900, seeks to ease the pain of California translators and interpreters reeling from the effects of gig worker bill AB5 and coronavirus.
‘Translation Agencies Are Cancelling My Contracts’ — California’s AB5 Bill Starts to Bite
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.
Reader Polls: ATA Decoupling, RSI at EU/UN, MT in CAT, Tricky Terminology
Should ATA decouple certification from membership? How hard is corporate terminology? Is MT well integrated into translation productivity tools? Should institutions move to RSI?
ATA Board of Directors Faces Backlash over Decoupling Decision
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.
‘We Are Not Gig Workers’ — Interpreter Associations Fight California’s AB5
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.
ATA Opens Certification to Non-Members, Adds Language Combinations
In an effort to increase the perceived value of its certification, the American Translators Association will allow non-members to take the qualifying exam.
Slator 2018 Blockchain and Translation Report
24-page report. Blockchain and Translation industry overview. ICOs, business use-cases, solution analysis, crypto chatter and further reading, a cautionary tale.
The First Platform for LSPs to Source, Evaluate and Hire Competent Translators
Cerlingo has launched the first platform for Language Service Providers (LSPs) to source, evaluate and hire expert translators for improved operational effectiveness and scalability.
Trump’s Interpreter Suddenly Finds Herself at the Center of a Political Firestorm
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.
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