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Mastermind Program: Open for Applications

Don't go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA can help! ATA's Mastermind Program uses a peer-based…

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Mentoring Program: Open for Applications

Get the Support You Need! ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees and mentors benefit from this mutually rewarding program. Applications are accepted from January 1 through March 31. The program runs from May 1 through October 31 each year. Mentees will be selected through a competitive…

Crafting a Translator’s or Interpreter’s Website: A Guided Approach

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Are you a freelance translator or interpreter without a website? Is your current website outdated and you need to enhance its effectiveness? Join this webinar to discover the essentials of creating and maintaining an efficient website, from defining your brand and audience to practical strategies for outsourcing and DIY approaches. In this webinar, the speakers…

Strategies for Excellence in Remote Simultaneous Interpreting

Master the unique challenges of remote simultaneous interpreting. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls and sharpen your skills for this dynamic field. Remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) emerged in 2020 and has since become integral to the daily routine of freelance conference interpreters worldwide. While akin to traditional conference interpreting, it demands distinct skills and heightened…

Virtual Brainstorm Networking

Find solutions and make connections during this networking event for translators and interpreters. Join your colleagues for this fun, fast-paced hour of solving common business challenges in small teams. Attend this virtual networking event to meet new people, learn new skills, and expand your support network, while sharing your own experiences. Don’t miss it! Registration…

Tips for Accessible Digital Translation and Interpreting

Discover how to make your translation and interpreting services more inclusive for clients with disabilities, creating new opportunities and impact. In your role as a translator or interpreter, you proudly help the world communicate by building linguistic bridges. Would you be surprised if I told you that most of us—unintentionally—introduce barriers in that building process?…

Board of Directors Meeting

The ATA Board of Directors meets four times a year to establish policy, develop goals and objectives, and oversee ATA's finances.ÌýGet to know ATA’s Board of Directors. This Board of Directors Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon at the DoubleTree by Hilton. Want to attend this meeting or review the agenda? All ATA members…

Professional Performance, All the Time! Part 2

Learn practical strategies to enhance your interpreting and translation performance using techniques inspired by professional sports. Interpreting and translating are a high-wire act, often compared to the Olympic Games of language performance. They blend art and science while constantly challenging our intellect, worldview, cognition, and emotions. This may be why many language professionals struggle to…

Brain Power for Medical Interpreters

Boost your interpreting skills and memory power with this interactive webinar, designed to help medical interpreters master essential recall techniques and tackle complex content with confidence and ease! Enhance your memory and elevate your interpreting skills in this dynamic webinar tailored for medical interpreters! This webinar dives into essential memory techniques, providing engaging exercises that…

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Mastermind Program: Application Deadline

Don't go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA can help! ATA's Mastermind Program uses a peer-based…

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Call for Speakers Deadline

By contributing to the advancement of your profession, you will build your reputation and résumé, widen your networking circle, and position yourself as a key player to help shape the future of the T&I industry. The proposal submission deadline is March 1. Proposal submission is open to everyone. ATA membership is not required.

Developing Expertise in Interpreting: Reflection, Feedback, and Repetition

Explore strategies for constructive feedback and deliberate practice in this interactive webinar, focusing on refining interpreting skills through guided reflection, repetition, and collaboration. Interpreting expertise cannot be achieved by simply working as an interpreter for a long time. Deliberate practice is needed to attain expertise, and two of the cornerstones of deliberate practice are constructive…

Preventing Burnout in Healthcare for Translators and Interpreters

Explore research-backed strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout, and build a resilient, high-performance culture that improves both personal well-being and patient safety. This webinar offers a comprehensive and transformative learning experience on stress, burnout, and their impact on patient safety, tailored specifically for medical professionals. You’ll discover scientifically backed strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout,…

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Call for Nominations Deadline

The elected Board of Directors is responsible for guiding the development of ATA. By submitting a nomination, ATA members help shape the future of their association and their profession. Find out which positions are open, who is eligible to be nominated, and how to submit your nominations.

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Mentoring Program: Application Deadline

Get the Support You Need! ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees and mentors benefit from this mutually rewarding program. Applications are accepted from January 1 through March 31. The program runs from May 1 through October 31 each year. Mentees will be selected through a competitive…

Board of Directors Meeting

The ATA Board of Directors meets four times a year to establish policy, develop goals and objectives, and oversee ATA's finances.ÌýGet to know ATA’s Board of Directors. This Board of Directors Meeting will be held in Portland, Oregon at the DoubleTree by Hilton. Want to attend this meeting or review the agenda? All ATA members…

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Student Translation Award: Submission Deadline

ATA awards a grant-in-aid to a student for a literary or sci-tech translation or translation-related project. The project, which may be derived from any facet of translation studies, should result in a project with post-grant applicability, such as a publication, a conference presentation, or teaching materials. Computerized materials are ineligible, as are dissertations and theses.…