{"id":4647,"date":"2023-01-27T13:45:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2023-01-27T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:45:06","slug":"7-questions-for-gld-leadership-council-members-interaktiv-editor-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ata-divisions.org\/GLD\/7-questions-for-gld-leadership-council-members-interaktiv-editor-in-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"7 questions for GLD Leadership Council members: interaktiv Editor-in-Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Marion Rhodes<\/p>\n<p><strong>LC position:\u00a0<\/strong><em>interaktiv<\/em>\u00a0Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where are\u00a0you\u00a0originally from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nuremberg, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where do\u00a0you\u00a0currently live?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>San Diego, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>How\u00a0did\u00a0you\u00a0become\u00a0a\u00a0translator\/interpreter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English and French were my favorite classes in high school, I even\u00a0did\u00a0my Abitur with English and French as my two primary subjects. After high school, I moved to the United States and studied journalism in college. I spent four years as a reporter for a daily newspaper before my husband and I were stationed in Germany with the US Air Force, forcing me to give up my job. I wanted to find a more \u201cportable\u201d career that would allow me to work from anywhere the military would send us. Since I had a passion for writing and was fluent in English and German, translation seemed like a natural fit, so I completed an online translation program at New York University and started building my own translation business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your areas of specialization?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I work primarily in the area of consumer products and retail, where I focus on SEO and creative copywriting in English and German, as well international marketing adaptation. For the past two years, I was employed as an in-house copywriter for a large e-commerce aggregator, and I discovered a knack for writing and localizing Amazon listings. I also translate a lot of press releases, and perform the occasional certified translation of vital records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do\u00a0you\u00a0like about ATA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ATA has turned me from a hobby\u00a0translator\u00a0into a translation professional. Not only\u00a0did\u00a0I gain industry knowledge through conferences, the ATA Chronicle, webinars, listserv discussions, etc., I also made valuable connections with peers. ATA has also given me a way to share my passion for languages and my professional expertise with others, be it as a presenter or as a volunteer for the association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your position on the GLD Leadership Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I plan and oversee the publication of the GLD newsletter,\u00a0<em>interaktiv<\/em>, which comes out twice a year. This means picking a theme or identifying interesting topics to cover, finding contributing writers, and coordinating the production process. I wouldn\u2019t be able to do it alone, though, and rely heavily on my team of copy editors\u00a0and proofreaders, our layout designer, and our regular contributors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else\u00a0you\u00a0would like to share? (hobbies, interests, etc.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a huge animal lover. In addition to having 2 horses, 4 dogs, and 4 cats, I volunteer for a cat rescue organization, so we pretty much always have a few foster kittens around the house as well. I\u2019ve raised bottle babies from as young as two days old, and nursed kittens back to health from the doors of death. It\u2019s a lot of work, but I couldn\u2019t imagine living my life without being surrounded by my animal army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Marion Rhodes LC position:\u00a0interaktiv\u00a0Editor-in-Chief Where are\u00a0you\u00a0originally from? Nuremberg, Germany Where do\u00a0you\u00a0currently live? San Diego, CA How\u00a0did\u00a0you\u00a0become\u00a0a\u00a0translator\/interpreter? English and French were my favorite classes in high school, I even\u00a0did\u00a0my Abitur with English and French as my two primary subjects. 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