Only one day left to register for this ATA webinar! Presenter: Karen Tkaczyk Date: February 7 Time: 12 Noon US Eastern Time Duration: 60 minutes CE Point(s): 1 Discover common-sense business practices that can improve the working relationship between the freelance translator and the agency. […]
The Winter2012 edition of interaktiv is now available here on the GLD website. Click here to download a copy. Our faithful leader, Ruth Gentes Krawczyk, starts off this issue of interaktiv with an administrative word, which is followed by the Minutes of the GLD Annual […]
The American Translators Association is now accepting presentation proposals for the ATA 53rd Annual Conference in San Diego, California, October 24-27, 2012. The deadline for submitting a proposal is March 12, 2012. Get more information here: https://www.atanet.org/conferencesandseminars/proposal.php
Our friends at ADÜ-Nord have informed us about the following upcoming conference: Unter dem Thema »Urkunden übersetzen« organisiert der ADÜ Nord am Freitag und Samstag, 13./14. April 2012 eine umfassende Weiterbildungsveranstaltung speziell für Übersetzer juristischer Dokumente: die 1. Juristischen ADÜ-Nord-Tage Ausführliche Informationen und das Anmeldeformular […]
Presenter: Cristina Silva Date: January 25 Time: 12:00 noon US Eastern Time Duration: 60 minutes CE Point(s): 1 Lights, camera, action! Do you have what it takes to go “live” for over-the-phone interpreting assignments and webcasts? Find out next Wednesday in this webinar presenter Cristina […]
Architect, German-English translator and GLD member Andrew Catford reviews the latest Real Estate Dictionary (4th revised edition) from Immobilien Zeitung in Wiesbaden. Wörterbuch Immobilienwirtschaft / Real Estate Dictionary 4th revised edition, Wiesbaden: Immobilien Zeitung, April 2011 A review by Andrew Catford Scope This German/English and […]
Novelist Jan-Philipp Sendker and literary translator Linda Marianiello presented a captivating reading at the 2011 ATA conference in Boston. It was a moving session that also allowed attendees to get a first-hand look at how an author and translator can interact to come up with […]
Internationaler Verband der Konferenzdolmetscher (AIIC) nimmt Gebärdensprachen-Konferenzdolmetscher auf Berlin/Buenos Aires, 17. Januar 2012 Die Mitgliedschaft im Internationalen Verband der Konferenzdolmetscher (AIIC) steht in Zukunft auch Konferenzdolmetschern für Gebärdensprachen offen. Dies ist das Ergebnis einer engen Zusammenarbeit und erfolgreicher Gespräche zwischen AIIC und dem Weltverband sowie […]
ATA Webinar on January 18: Advanced Blogging Techniques for Language Professionals Presenter: Fabio M. Said Date: January 18 Time: 12:00 noon US Eastern Time Duration: 60 minutes CE Point(s): 1 Become a power blogger! Market your services, network with colleagues, establish a reputation in the […]
The ATA Language Standards Survey closes Wednesday, December 14. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, do it now! Last week’s ATA email invitation is included below. In 2011 efforts to bring standards to the translation and localization industries gained important momentum. The standardization process […]
Die Recherche-Software “Multifultor” – warum und wozu? Freelance technical translator Rolf Keller writes about “Multifultor” – a Windows-based program he developed that allows users to search multiple dictionaries and other sources simultaneously. Click here to read Rolf’s infomative article (in German): https://www.tw-h.de/rolf_keller/Multifultor.1.1.0.0/Flyer.pdf The Multifultor software […]
Deadline: December 7, 2011 The German Language Division will be electing an Administrator and Assistant Administrator in 2012. The term for both positions is two years. Pursuant to the Governing Policy for Divisions, the GLD Nominating Committee was constituted by acclamation at the GLD Annual […]
Boston, MA October 29, 2011 The Administrator of ATA’s German Language Division, Ruth Gentes Krawczyk, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. Agenda approval and corrections The assembled members approved the agenda of the present meeting and the minutes of the previous year’s meeting […]
Eine Liste und Kurzbeschreibung deutschsprachiger oder in Deutschland herausgegebener Zeitschriften, die sich an Übersetzer wenden, findet man bei uepo.de, einem Online-Nachrichtenportal für Übersetzer. Mit in der Liste aufgeführt ist auch die GLD-Newsletter „interaktiv“.
A group of ATA members living in Germany are getting together in Wiesbaden on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 12:00 p.m. We are currently planning to meet for lunch at the home of ATA member Barbara Müller-Grant, although we will move to a larger venue […]
This week in Boston you most likely won’t see Paul Revere riding through the streets of Boston crying “the translators are coming, the translators are coming.” (Ok, so you may see an actor playing Paul Revere, but he most certainly won’t be crying anything about […]
Register now to SAVE! Fees increase 17% on OCTOBER 15 Go to: https://www.atanet.org/conf/2011/register.htm ATA 52nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts October 26-29, 2011 More than 1,500 translators, interpreters, project managers, and company owners will attend ATA’s 52nd Annual Conference. The opportunity to network […]
Until I moved to Virginia in the ’90s, I was blissfully unaware of just how many vanity plates or personalized license plates there were. The Commonwealth of Virginia seemed to teem with vanity plates, from the infamous H2OG8 of Gordon Liddy to this one on […]
Please rsvp to Ruth Gentes Krawczyk (ruth@krawczyktranslations.com) no later than Sunday, September 25th. GLD NETWORKING EVENT DURING THE ATA 52ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dear members of the German Language Division, Late last month you received notice of your summer issue of interaktiv which included information about […]
Time is running out to get the early bird price for the ATA Conference in Boston. Don’t miss out! ATA 52nd Annual Conference Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts October 26-29, 2011 ATA members SAVE MORE THAN 20% when they register by Friday, September 23. Look […]
Tools, Tips & Techniques for Converting and Translating PDF Files Presenter: Tuomas S. Kostiainen Date: September 22 Time: 12:00 noon US Eastern Daylight Time Duration: 60 minutes CE Point(s): 1 Become more efficient with PDF files in your translation business! Join us for this 60-minute […]
The German Language Division is pleased to call for GLD Nominating Committee members from the GLD membership. The Nominating Committee will work to select candidates for the 2012 GLD election. The Nominating Committee consists of at least two Division members, who must be voting members […]
Linguee: neue Funktionen, neues Design by Gabriele Zöttl Linguee … Wer davon noch nichts gehört hat, hat nichts mit Sprachen zu tun. Seit Linguee im Frühjahr 2009 an den Start ging, hat es mit seinem innovativen Ansatz viel von sich reden gemacht. Jeder Übersetzer weiß, […]
Terminologierecherche: Pflichtübung bei der Informationsbeschaffung by Bianca Blüchel “Suchen, Sichten, Sichern” – auf diesen Ablauf verstehen sich die in diesem und zwei weiteren Artikeln vorgestellten, sehr preiswerten Windows-Programme optimal. Gerade wer sie in Verbindung mit seriösen Online-Quellen anzuwenden weiß, wird deutlich mehr Erfolg haben als […]
Tipps für griffiges Übersetzen by Nina Sattler-Hovdar Auschnitt aus “Druckreif übersetzen – was kostet das? und Nicht nur richtig, sondern auch griffig” – lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel in den Sommer 2011 Ausgabe der interaktiv Den stilistischen Feinschliff erzielen Sie unter anderem, wenn Sie einige […]