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“Eine Erklärung” – The First Translation of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
I recently took a daytrip to Philadelphia and visited an intriguing exhibition called The Declaration’s Journey at the Museum of the American Revolution. The show traces the evolution and global impact of the Declaration of Independence since 1776. One of the first things a visitor […]
Good Things Come in Pairs: GLD-NYCT Stammtisch & Awards Ceremony in New York
Members of ATA’s German Language Division (GLD) and its local chapter, the New York Circle of Translators (NYCT) met up at a Stammtisch on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in Manhattan. At the informal meeting, members were able to catch up with each other, share about […]
A wealth of letters in German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew: How a Galician Jewish family got their letters past the censor and to New York during World War One
[Originally published on May 5, 2026, on Abby’s blog: www.ajordanhuber.com/blog] It just so happened that at the time of COVID-19, when some people were baking sourdough bread or becoming nomads, I spent weeks upon weeks translating old, handwritten German letters. In March of 2021, we […]