Austin Area Translators & Interpreters Association

ATA/AATIA Science & Technology Seminar In San Antonio

Esther Diaz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:42:00 +0000

Earn 9 CE Points at an ATA Professional Development Event
Presented by the American Translators Association
and the Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association

Crowne Plaza Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
March 27-28, 2010

AATIA Member Mike Magee will present a session on Patent Translations.
Karen Tkaczyk will present From Soap to Drugs and Back, via QA and SOPs.
Aaron Ruby will present Research Techniques and Primary Resources for Technical Translators

All presentations are non-language-specific.
Early registration ends March 19.

To learn more, see http://www.atanet.org/pd/scitech

SpanSIG Meeting – March 13

Esther Diaz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:33:58 +0000

Join SpanSIG for its first meeting of the year. The topic will be film translation from Spanish to English and we will have the opportunity to offer our professional critique.

As always, we invite you to spend a couple of hours with your SpanSIG colleagues and enjoy a light breakfast.

At the conclusion of the meeting, we will raffle a couple of books that you might find interesting.

We’ll see you from 10:00 to 12:00 at the International Center of Austin. See sidebar at right for directions and parking instructions.

March 13 Membership Meeting

Esther Diaz — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:24:32 +0000

The expertise of Conference Interpreters is very much needed in today's global economy. Come and listen to two of our distinguished members — Maurine McLean and Tony Beckwith — share their experiences as well as tips on how to polish up your interpreting skills.

Join us at our ICA location on 2nd Street between Brazos and San Jacinto on Saturday, March 13th from 1 to 4 p.m. Find directions and parking information in the sidebar on this page.

AATIA members in the news

Juan Tornoe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:12:26 +0000

AATIA members Esther Diaz, Cristina Helmerichs, and Leonard Sepeda were interviewed for an article in the "Jobs Plus" section of last Sunday's Austin American-Statesman. Read the article online.

Leonard Sepeda interprets for nurse Becca Mielke at Dell Children's Medical Center, photo by Walter Brewer, Austin American-Statesman

Learn about ATA certification

Laura Vlasman — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:43:55 +0000

Register online now for an information session on the American Translators Association (ATA) translator certification program, to be offered by AATIA on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Registration deadline: March 15.

The session will include general information about ATA certification and specific tips on preparing for and taking the certification exam. No practice tests will be given during the information session, but sample test passages in a variety of languages will be available for participants to take and use for practice on their own.

This session is intended both for candidates who are planning to sit for the ATA certification exam in Austin on June 12, 2010, and for potential candidates who want to learn more about the exam before taking the plunge.

Borderlands event spotlights bilingual poets

Michael Conner — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:52:33 +0000

Borderlands Community of Poets will feature "Bilingual Poets of Austin” at 4 pm, Sunday, February 28, at the Sunset Valley Barnes & Noble.

Poets include Tony Beckwith, Celeste Guzman-Mendoza, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Anjela Villarreal-Ratliff, Lydia Armendariz, Gloria Amescua, Steve Vera, Enrique Cabrera, with poet/writer/translator Liliana Valenzuela as presenter.

Email for more information.

Interpreters SIG Meeting – February 13

Esther Diaz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:37:18 +0000

The Interpreter’s Special Interest Group will be meeting on Saturday February 13th from 10 AM to 12 noon at the AATIA headquarters in the International Center of Austin on 2nd street and Trinity. In the meeting Joseph Brettell, a Licensed Court Interpreter will present on certification exams for court interpreters, training materials available to aspiring court interpreters, and the realities and practice of court interpretation. We will have a practice session of real texts which are commonly seen in the courts. All interpreters or other interested parties are welcome. See you then!

Volunteer for immigration reform convention

Maurine McLean — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:22:00 +0000

Tha Austin Immigrants Rights Coalition (AIRC) needs several volunteers for the upcoming statewide convention for immigration reform on Saturday, Feb. 20, 1-5 p.m., at the Travis County Expo Center. Please email if you are interested in volunteering for the following positions:

experienced simultaneous interpreters
welcome table staffers (to help with sign-in, hand out programs, and sign out translation headsets)
peacekeepers (to ensure the safety of conference participants)

Translators Without Borders seeks help for Haiti

Michael Conner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:28:41 +0000

The American Translators Association has notified members that in the wake of the Haiti earthquake Translators Without Borders, which works for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans frontieres and Medecins du monde, currently has urgent needs for professional-level French-to-English and English-to-French volunteer translators and interpreters. Those working to and from Haitian Kreyol would also be especially valuable. Contact TWB Coordinator Yuliana Hernandez-Anfray for details.

January 9th Membership Meeting

Esther Diaz — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:17:44 +0000

AATIA is pleased to present a complimentary translation memory tool webinar for freelancers during our next membership meeting on January 9. A qualified trainer from Across Systems will demonstrate how to put this tool into practice.

Please join us at the International Center of Austin. The meeting begins at 1:00 and the webinar begins at 1:30.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may also join us online by registering via this link:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/473840274

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer