ATII Bulletin

The ATII Bulletin is an e-zine published by the ATII, bringing you news, articles and lot more from the world of translation and interpreting.

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February 2007
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  • Freelance translation and quality – Raffaele La Gala
  • International Translation Day 2007
  • Video messages via mobile for sign language users
  • New UK report on multicultural learning emphasises learning of English
  • Call for end to censorship in Iran
  • Another medical interpreting product comes on the market
  • T/I services for Irish government
  • Microsoft releases Vista
January 2007
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  • Robot interpreter at John Hopkins Hospital, Maryland
  • New electronic Braille translator wins Red Dot Award
  • Army interpreter denies spying
  • Pirated DVDs produce comedies of errors
  • Summary of CARe: medical communication with asylum seekers and refugees in Galway
November 2006
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  • Twisted Anglicisms – Raffaele La Gala
  • Interpreting and Translating within the Police Service Northern Ireland – Mary Phelan
  • iMeasc wins TG4 award
  • Vietnam honours its “most prolific and fastest translator”
  • Digital audio recording and the Courts Service – Mary Phelan
October 2006
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  • News4linguists blog
  • Turnover of €1m for Word Perfect
  • San Francisco Interpreting service means business
  • Recent Royal Irish Academy report focuses on interpreting
  • New website combines controlled language and MT technology
September 2006
  • ITIA celebrates 20 years – round table of ITIA chairpersons and an evening with Pat McCabe and Hans Christian Oeser
  • Court Interpreting: pestering, perversity and a touch of perjury – Leo Hickey
  • Report form XII Euralex international congress 2006 – Máire Nic Mhaoláin
  • A call for international solidarity for freedom of expression from a Turkish literary translators’ organisation
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August 2006
  • Online MT causes bladder problems
  • The reform and re-reform of German orthography
  • Simplified spelling for English
  • 20th anniversary celebrations of the ITIA
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July 2006
  • Letter to Irish Times re Lionbridge, preferred bidder for interpreting in Courts Service
  • A first for DCU – Graduate Certificate in Community Interpreting – Mary Phelan
  • Translating World Favourites – Máire Nic Mhaoláin
  • Michael Henry Heim on ‘Whys and Hows of Retranslating the Classics’ – Miriam Lee
  • FIT literary translation committee report – Miriam Lee
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June 2006
  • Skype launches telephone interpreting service
  • Recruitment of court interpreters is put in the dock – Breda Heffernan
  • World Cup snippets
  • Lack of medical interpreters in Ireland reaches crisis
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