Category Archive for ‘Translator’

Poet Amanda Gorman and her poem “The Hill We Climb” certainly made an impact during the presidential inauguration ceremony in January, but it also made headlines around the world for another reason: The media and experts widely discussed the question […]

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 […]

AATIA will host/co-host three fabulous workshops on three Saturdays in June. First up will be an ATA certification exam preparation workshop on June 8th. Co-hosted by the American Translators Association (ATA), the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA), and AATIA, […]

Registration is now open for AATIA’s official documents workshop, to be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018, 1:30-5:30 p.m. This workshop will provide you with the know-how you need to translate birth certificates, academic transcripts and diplomas, and other official […]

May 24, 2017, marked a  milestone for all professional linguists as the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution A/71/288, recognizing the role of professional translators in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding and development. In the same resolution, the […]

This month’s cartoon of the month by our own Tony Beckwith.  

As previously reported, longtime AATIA member and award-winning literary translator Marian Schwartz has been invited to give the prestigious Marilyn Gaddis Rose lecture at the 57th annual conference of the American Translators Association (ATA), and we are delighted that she […]

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 […]

Gregory Luis Rabassa (1922–2016) Gregory Rabassa died on June 13 after a brief illness, and with his passing an important era in the history of literary translation came to an end. Dr. Rabassa was a celebrated literary translator who worked […]