The following resolutions are inspired by blog submission suggestions made by Adrienne Allen, Claudia Alvis and Olimpia Hernandez. Thanks to all who made CHICATA Corner possible this year. Here’s to a great 2011!
1. Pay CHICATA dues on time.
2. Attend programs such as “Shop Talk” (Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 2:30-5:00).
3. Purchase Translation 3000 (25% discount)
4. Send pictures from the Holiday Party to John Bukacek.
5. Submit a blog entry or write a newsletter article.
6. Join a language group such as the French Interdisciplinary Group .
7. Be an advocate for foreign language education.
8. Attend a conference.
9. Take an exam.
10. Most importantly, continue to be ethical:
Dear CHICATA Colleagues:
A very important issue in interpreting and translating is that of ethics. In court, ethical violations can throw a trial or result in unintentional miscarriage of justice. In medicine they can cause very bad patient outcomes. In technical translation, ethical violations can cause fatal accidents.
The latest issue of the magazine Multilingual is almost entirely on ethics in the language industry, and it’s a good read. You can get an overview of the articles at this site:
http://multilingual.com/issueDetail.php
However, most of the articles require a subscription if you want to read the whole thing. The magazine has something interesting in every issue, however, and it’s a very good resource for translator and interpreter education.
Best Regards,
Olimpia Hernandez
OH Spanish English Translations LLC
47 W. Division St. #487
Chicago IL 60610
(248)563-4854
www.oh-translations.com
Great list, dear friends at CHICATA! I can highly recommend TO 3000 – it’s not the most user-friendly piece of software, but it’s perfectly tailored to linguists. And absolutely, do contribute to this blog and to the newsletter (as the long-suffering editor
of my association’s newsletter, I could not agree more).
One of my resolutions for 2011: take one weekend off a month – and that means not even turning on the computer. I will see how that goes….methinks I will struggle to do it.