Before AATIA President Robin Bonthrone introduced the first speaker of the March meeting, he looked back to a time before the pandemic severely limited the Association’s meeting options and activities and life in general. He mentioned the missed AATIA party […]
As many in our profession will know, California recently enacted a law (Assembly Bill 5, or AB5 for short) requiring the classification of “gig workers,” such as Uber and Amazon drivers, as employees. While the aim of the law is […]
Esther Diaz, an AATIA co-founder and certified healthcare interpreter, was interviewed in a recent “Business of Healthcare” podcast on the role of interpreters in the healthcare industry. Also featured was Manuel Higginbotham, language-access manager for the University of Texas Medical […]
Our May general meeting will have two parts and is planned to take place as follows: 1:00 — Refreshments and networking 1:30 — Panel of professional translators on ways to translate more more words per hour with tips, tricks and […]
AATIA’s Interpreter Special Interest Group (ISIG) will meet on Saturday, April 8, 2017, to discuss the interpreter’s dual role in today’s challenging environments, where at times the delivery of the message from source language to target language may not be […]
The United Nations is now receiving applications for the 2017 competitive examination for Spanish-language interpreters. The exam is open to candidates who have a perfect command of Spanish and who meet other language and educational requirements. The deadline for application […]
Our November 12th general meeting was attended by 28 people, including some first-time visitors who are taking translation classes at Austin Community College (ACC). There was plenty of tasty finger food at the buffet table, brought by AATIA Director of […]
Our last general meeting of 2016 will take place on Saturday, November 12th, at the usual place: Best Western Plus Austin City Hotel, 2200 S. Interstate 35, Austin, TX 78704 (intersection of IH-35 & Oltorf Street Exit, exit 232A from […]
The program for our general meeting on September 10th will focus on opportunities for translators and interpreters in the digital world. AATIA member Frank Dietz, a software localization specialist, will kick off the program. Software localization is a multibillion-dollar global […]