Please join us for our last general meeting of the year on Saturday, November 11th, 2017, starting at 1 p.m. Acclaimed literary translator Marian Schwartz will headline our program with a presentation on her two latest, and very different, translation […]
Dear Member, It has been a busy year for the AATIA. We have had some good general meetings, including a Panel of Asian Translators & Interpreters which, we hope, has laid the groundwork for greater future engagement with this community. […]
AATIA members Carolina Martin and Susana Pimiento were featured in a first-page article in yesterday’s Austin American-Statesman about the city of Austin’s CodeNext initiative. The aim of CodeNext is to revise the city’s Land Development Code, which determines how land […]
At our September general meeting longtime AATIA member Maurine McLean recommended a couple of books she’s read recently. One, Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels and the Borderland Dream, by Joe Tone, tells the story behind a money-laundering case for which Maurine […]
International Translators Day was celebrated worldwide on September 30th with observances and official recognition of the date by the United Nations. Lovers of language and literature in Austin were treated to their own celebration at Malvern Books, hosted by AATIA’s […]
We are pleased to post the following review of our September 9th general meeting, with sincere thanks to our reviewer, longtime member and former AATIA President Michael Blumenthal. Spirits rose at the September 9th general meeting as each attendee spoke […]
AATIA’s Literary Special Interest Group (LitSIG) will launch its 2017-2018 season of meetings on Saturday, September 16th under the leadership of its new coordinators, Michele McKay Aynesworth and Kristin Siracusa Fisher. The meeting will be held at Malvern Books, 613 […]
You’ve decided you want to be a translator or an interpreter. You took some classes, passed some tests. You joined the local T&I association. You’re ready! Or are you? From what you are starting to see, the T&I world is […]
Saturday, May 20, 2017, marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. After many years as the tireless leader of the AATIA’s Literary Special Interest Group, Marian Schwartz stepped down and passed the torch to Michele Aynesworth […]
