We’re excited to welcome the one and only Tony Beckwith back to the AATIA stage for our final meeting of 2024! Tony is a longtime member and past president of AATIA. His presentation will review his 30-year career as an English/Spanish […]
AATIA member Tony Beckwith has been busy penning and translating poetry inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. He recently answered a call by Foundation Communities, a nonprofit that provides affordable housing to individuals and families in Austin, to translate three […]
The most recent issue of Source, the quarterly online journal of the Literary Division of the American Translators Association (ATA), focuses on translation of children’s literature and features a charming poem by AATIA member Tony Beckwith. “What Would I Do?”, […]
“My Mother Tongue” is a brief account of the origins and evolution of the English language. Written by Tony Beckwith, this essay appeared in April 2011 in the ATA Chronicle, among other publications. “We all have a mother tongue,” says […]
An interview with AATIA member and celebrated literary translator Marian Schwartz, focused on her new translation of Solzhenitsyn’s March 1917, is featured in the summer issue of Source, a quarterly publication of the Literary Division of the American Translators Association (ATA). […]
You’ve seen those emails. The job offers are tempting and sometimes they look legit. But what if they’re not? You could infect your computer—or worse. Tony Beckwith will show us examples and give advice for identifying the red flags you […]
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 […]
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 […]
