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If you're interested in a high-quality professional development opportunity this summer (particularly for EN>FR and FR>EN translators, but other languages are welcome too!), hop on over to Translate in the Catskills, which is running from August 21-23 in Maplecrest, NY (about 1 hr. south of … [Read more...] about Translate in the Catskills this summer

This is a guest post by Karen Tkaczyk, PhD, a French to English translator specializing in chemistry and its industrial applications. Karen's LinkedIn profile is here and her business website is here. Thanks to Karen for sharing her experience using LinkedIn, and specifically LinkedIn Groups and … [Read more...] about Guest post: Karen Tkaczyk on LinkedIn

A fellow ATA member wrote to let me know that she is on the committee for the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation, and that the committee is actively seeking submissions for this year's award. The deadline is June 1 and the submission guidelines are available on the award's web … [Read more...] about The Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation

Jill Sommer (of Musings from an overworked translator) and I were thinking it might be fun to get translation blog writers and readers together for lunch at the upcoming ATA conference in Orlando. If you're interested (we were thinking of meeting on Thursday of the conference), either drop one of us … [Read more...] about Translation blog lunch at the ATA conference

The translation blogosphere is abuzz today with posts about International Translation Day, celebrated each year on September 30, the feast of St. Jerome. If you'd like to learn more about St. Jerome and his works, hop on over to Jill Sommer's post all about him. Every year, the … [Read more...] about Happy International Translation Day