We are excited to announce a special opportunity for our members – we are holding a photo contest! The winning entries will be displayed on the GLD website. Please send your submissions (as many as you want – the sky’s the limit) to robin@robin-limmeroth.com by […]
Many GLD members, who are primarily self-employed freelance translators and interpreters, collaborate with translation agencies. Heike Kurtz, a GLD member based in Germany, shares insights into the advantages and disadvantages of working for agencies rather than for direct clients. She also provides a wealth of […]
Have you ever wondered how the GLD came to be, and how it changed through the years? How interaktiv got its name? When the GLD went online? When I became Webmaster in 2019, the previous Webmaster Jessica Lucio informed me the GLD History document on […]
This past year was the GLD’s first year under the leadership of me, Karen Leube (Administrator), and Robin Limmeroth (Assistant Administrator) and the Leadership Council we finished putting together in 2023. It has been an eventful and productive year and we have shared many of the […]
If you search the GLD listserv messages from the past two-plus years, you will quickly notice the dominance of questions and statements regarding the seismic changes in the working environment experienced by the posters. The messages were particularly abundant in the run-up to ATA’s 63rd […]
On November 8, I left a cool and overcast upstate New York for Tucson which offered sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. Aside from the welcome change in climate, I was underway for ALTA46, the 46th annual conference of the American Literary Translators Association. […]
I had been toying with the thought of becoming ATA certified since I started translating full-time in 2010 and becoming an ATA member in 2011. The main thing holding me back was the intimidating statistics: not only had I heard about the low passing rate […]
mit Referentin: Inga Schiffler Am 9. November 2023 kamen mehr als 30 GLD-Mitglieder zu einem Webinar über das Thema Leichte Sprache zusammen. Die Referentin Inga Schiffler startete das Webinar mit einer Chat-Umfrage: Kennst du Leichte Sprache? Kennst du den Unterschied zwischen Leichter Sprache und Einfacher […]
For four days in October, ATA’s German Language Division members had the chance to immerse themselves in a bubble of educational and networking opportunities in (partly) sunny Miami. GLD member Michael Schubert started the ball rolling on Wednesday morning with his AST Day offering entitled […]
GLD Administrator Karen Leube was honored with the Dynamo Award on Friday, October 27th during the Annual Awards Presentation at ATA’s 64th annual conference in Miami. “The ATA Dynamo Award recognizes a person or entity that has worked in a particularly energetic way to benefit […]
At the Annual Meeting of All Members of ATA’s German Language Division, Administrator Karen Leube announced her appointment of two new consultants to the Leadership Council. In today’s post, we introduce you to our other new consultant, Andrew Belisle. Name: Andrew Belisle LC position: Consultant […]
The 02/2023 issue of the German Language Division’s biannual newsletter—interaktiv—is now available for your reading pleasure. (Find past issues here.) The theme of this issue is Diversification. Download your copy today to find: Feature articles with inspiring stories about fellow GLD members who have branched out […]
At the Annual Meeting of All Members of ATA’s German Language Division, Administrator Karen Leube announced her appointment of two new consultants to the Leadership Council. In today’s post we introduce you to Consultant Megan Falk. Name: Megan May Falk LC position: Consultant Where are […]
Tech Talk: Translating for the Tech Industry ATA64 Miami | Session 075 Friday, October 27, 2:00–3:00 PM San Francisco and Silicon Valley are the epicenter of the global tech industry, and the tech products created in the Bay Area generate a huge amount of work […]
Name: Ellen Yutzy Glebe LC position: European Coordinator Where are you originally from? Western North Carolina Where do you currently live? Kassel, Germany How did you become a translator/interpreter? Although I did major in German in college and spent two semesters in Munich as an […]
For many of those who work in the field of academic and university-related translations, Mannheim is a special place, and a place they’d rather missed. On May 23, 2023, after three cancellations of the in-person event due to the pandemic, the Netzwerk Hochschulübersetzer*innen met in […]
Meet Noah William Alter, the GLD’s New Social Media Coordinator It’s mid-July and while this may be what some Germans call the “Sommerloch,” we have a number of new news items on our GLD blog to share in the coming weeks. We start by welcoming […]
John le Carré on the German language, translating and interpreting, and possessing another tongue It was Charlemagne, quoted here by le Carré, who once said, “To possess another language is to possess another soul.” In his speech on the occasion of the Oxford German Olympiad […]
Translator, playwright, theater director–Philip Boehm wears many hats. Winner of several translation awards, he has worked with some of the biggest names in the German and Polish literary scene. Herta Müller, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Hanna Krall are just a few notable authors whose words and thoughts Philip Boehm translated for the English-speaking world.
Name: Gerhard Preisser LC position: Consultant Where are you originally from? Weiden, Germany Where do you currently live? Manassas, Northern Virginia
Meet Randal Gernaat, the GLD’s New Web Manager
“April, April!” Nein, kein Aprilscherz! April 1st saw the German Language Division welcome our new Web Manager, Randal Gernaat! […]
Name: Ruth Boggs LC position: Consultant Where are you originally from? Wächtersbach/Hesse, Germany Where do you currently live? Fairfax, Virginia How did you become a translator/interpreter? By chance. I never aspired to be a translator. I’m what is referred to as a “Quereinsteiger.” After 20 […]
The 01/2023 issue of the German Language Division’s biannual newsletter—interaktiv—is now available for your reading pleasure. (Find past issues here.) The theme of this issue is MT & AI–Friend or Foe? Download your copy today to find: Feature articles discussing the impact of artificial intelligence […]
Name: Heike Holthaus LC position: Collaboration Pool Coordinator Where are you originally from? I grew up in a village in Germany’s Westerwald region. Our property bordered the forest, and one of my favorite pastimes was going for walks in the woods hunting for mushrooms. Growing […]
RSVP for the GLD Zoom Educational Social on April 1, 2023 at 6:30 pm CET / 12:30 pm ET / 9:30 am PT The topic of this get-together is “Why not You!? – Tips for Presenting at the ATA conference or other public speaking events.” […]