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Our first four-week class of 2022 starts on January 18, and early bird registration rates ($365 as compared to $405) end on Sunday, January 9. Join Jennifer Nielsen for a four-week course on Translating Official Documents, a class that's gotten rave reviews from past participants: "Jennifer is a … [Read more...] about Translating official documents: early bird rate ends Sunday

Very, very sadly, our much-loved colleague and Training for Translators instructor Michèle Hansen passed away on December 5, 2021, after a recent cancer diagnosis. At the time of her death, Michèle was also the chair of the ATA Certification Committee and led the transition to the new online … [Read more...] about Remembering Michèle Hansen

Off topic, but perhaps of interest to readers of this blog, since you're all language and culture nerds! Last month, I had opportunity to travel to the Navajo Nation (the largest Indian reservation in the US) with RezDawg Rescue, the organization that my family and I foster cats (and … [Read more...] about Travel: A week on the Navajo Nation

I recently returned from ATA62, the 62nd annual conference of the American Translators Association. Executive summary: it was fantastic, and I highly recommend attending in-person conferences if they are in your COVID comfort zone. The details: Deciding whether to attend in person We're at a … [Read more...] about ATA62: the return to in-person conferences

Fourth quarter is usually my highest-earning quarter of the year, but the pandemic has done weird things to all kinds of sectors, so I decided to run some calculations on my income for the first three quarters of 2021. As a side note, I'm currently running a poll on Twitter: is posting one's … [Read more...] about Income for quarters one through three