Come network with fellow Interpreters and share tips, experiences, and most importantly to practice our interpreter skills: Simultaneous, Consecutive and Sight Translation in your language. So come and let's improve our skills!

Saturday February 11th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Snacks and parking fee will be provided.

AATIA HQ at International Center of Austin

201 East 2nd Street

Austin, TX 78701

Please visit us at www.aatia.org.

At the September Membership Meeting, we heard from panelists representing international organizations in Austin: Global Austin, Panamerican Round Table, and the City of Austin's International Program.

The International Program publishes FYI International, an electronic newsletter about international business opportunities and meetings. You can see the current newsletter online. You can sign up to receive it directly each month.

We also learned about Austin's US Export Assistance Center through an interesting video presentation. The Center also publishes a monthly
newsletter of international export events. You can sign up to receive it by e-mail.

Come and learn about international organizations in Austin. We will have representatives from Global Austin, the Panamerican Roundtable, and the City of Austin’s Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office with information about their organizations and how we can benefit from each other’s international connections. In addition, we will have information about the Austin U.S. Export Assistance Center  of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Austin Sister Cities.

We will also have a presentation by President Carolina Modesto on Ergonomics — the science of designing user interaction with equipment and workplaces to fit the user in order to prevent repetitive strain injuries.

Last, but not least, we will introduce the candidates for AATIA's 2012 Board of Directors.

Don’t miss these interesting topics!

Date: Saturday, September 10

Time:     1:00 to 4:00 PM

Place:    AATIA Headquarters (map at right)

                International Center of Austin

                201 East 2^nd Street

                Austin, TX  78701

(Free parking available in Convention Center Parking Garage on Brazos)

AATIA will soon offer an introduction to community interpreting for individuals fluent in English and Spanish. This 24-hour training teaches basic interpreting skills and the ethical behavior required of interpreters who work in community settings (clinics, schools, social service agencies). You must pass a language assessment in English and Spanish to be eligible to attend.

The training is scheduled as follows:

• Wednesday, August 24 (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, August 27 all day (9:00 – 5:30)
• Wednesday, August 31 (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, September 3 all day (8:30 – 5:00)
• Wednesday, September 7 (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.)
• Saturday, September 10, morning only (9:00 – 12:00)

Location:

AATIA Headquarters

International Center of Austin

201 East 2^nd Street

Austin, TX  78701

Registration for the class will be $150 per person ($130 for members). Deadline for registration is August 23. For questions, contact Esther Diaz.

We have an excellent program lined up for you on July 9.

First, Michele McKay Aynesworth will share some of her extraordinary experiences translating Une Saison gâtée [Season of Infamy: The Wartime Diary of Charles Rist 1939-1945]. Then, the Literary Special Interest Group will recap their special event this past January — One Hundred Bottles. If you were lucky enough to attend, you remember translator Achy Obejas regaling the audience with stories about meeting and working with Portela, as well as her work with Junot Diaz and Cuban crime fiction. If you missed it, here is your chance to see some videoclips of the event.

If interpreting is your field, you will enjoy a presentation on the new Texas Remote Interpreter Project. The State Office of Court Administration is implementing this three-year, grant-funded program to provide Texas district and county-level courts with remote foreign language interpreting in civil cases involving family violence between intimate partners. AATIA members Juanita Ulloa and Marco Hanson staff this project and will share first-hand information about it.

Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Place: AATIA Headquarters (map at right)
            International Center of Austin
            201 East 2nd Street
            Austin, TX 78701

We'll see you there!

Registration for Successful Entrepreneurship for Translators and Interpreters will close this coming Thursday, June 23rd. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to build your freelance business! Sign up at the registration website today!