This year, during the ATA 57th Annual Conference, all members of the Interpreters Division will be wearing these specially designed buttons. Leadership Council members will be handing them out during the conference so be sure to come and get yours! [important]Not an Interpreters Division member? Click here to join the … [Read more...]
Holly Mikkelson at ATA57 on Sight Translation, Court Interpreting and More…
An Interview by Marsel de Souza Marsel de Souza: I would like to start by discussing the topic of the Advanced Skills and Training session you are presenting at ATA's Annual Conference in San Francisco. You will be talking about Sight Translation Skills for Translators and Interpreters during this sold out event on November 2, 2016. What can attendees expect to take … [Read more...]
ATA57: You Did What? Making Sense of Conflicting Codes of Ethics
INTERPRETERS UNITE! Don’t miss this first ever event of its kind that brings together a panel of interpreters, leaders in their respective fields of interpreting, under one roof to talk about the commonalities shared by the various codes of ethics governing each setting: medical judicial, and interpreting for the deaf. Learn how they’ve applied ethics to real life situations we … [Read more...]
Robyn Dean on Ethics: Metaphors or Values?
In preparation for the ATA conference, Marsel de Souza interviewed Robyn Dean, the Interpreters Division's guest speaker at the ATA 57th Annual Conference in San Francisco. This interview focuses on the following sessions and much more: Returning to Ethics: A Meta-Ethical Analysis of Community Interpreters’ Codes and Standards of Practice Critiquing and Deconstructing … [Read more...]
ATA57: Interpreters Division Annual Dinner
Come join the Medical and Interpreters Divisions' members! Date: Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Waterfront Restaurant Address: Pier 7 The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: (415) 391-2696 We will be meeting at the Waterfront Restaurant, Winer's Choice Award 2016: "For more than a generation, … [Read more...]