ATA Government Division

Government Division

Welcome to the Government Division of the American Translators Association!

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The Government Division (GovD) supports language professionals who work for or with the government
at all levels – federal, tribal, state, and local.

GovD members include translators, interpreters, program and project managers, language access
coordinators, educators, and translation providers. We share information regarding government job
opportunities, working in and with government organizations, and best practices for government
language work.

We are a community that brings together individuals working on all aspects of government language
services to help improve the overall quality of government language products.

ATA 62nd Annual Conference – Government Division Distinguished Speaker

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The Government Division was pleased to feature as its Distinguished Speaker Dr. Christopher Mellinger, associate professor in the Department of Languages and Culture Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  Dr. Mellinger is the managing editor of the journal Translation and Interpreting Studies, co-author of Quantitative Research Methods in Translation and Interpreting Studies, and co-editor of Translating Texts: An Introductory Coursebook on Translation and Text Formation, and vice president of the Society for the Study of Translation and Interpretation, the educational component of NAJIT. His two-part presentation Positionality, Role, and Translators and Interpreters in Governmental Agencies examined factors that are unique to T&I work in government and the challenges they bring to translators and interpreters who work in these settings.