CES- Episode 18- Certification Episode August 2021

Emily Moorlach of Langue Vivante LLC describes the French Language Division's certification exam study group and relates her experience studying for and taking the exam herself.

CES - Episode 19 - Certification Study Group May 2022

Ruth Simpson has been translating professionally since 2008 in the fields of wine & spirits, beauty, and personal development and holds the MITI certification from the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. She lives on her family’s wine estate in Chablis and is a graduate of the WSET Level 4 Diploma in wines and spirits. Before moving to Chablis, Ruth was an English trainer at L’Oréal’s Luxury Division in Paris, facilitating workshops and tutoring business and marketing professionals.
She has a degree from the University of Warwick in the UK, and in addition to studying French, she spent her time there singing with the chamber choir and musical theatre society. Also a keen scuba diver and violinist, Ruth started playing the ukulele in 2019 and has begun to suffer from UAS, ukulele acquisition syndrome.

CES - Episode 21 - Ruth Simpson on Translating Wine & Spirits

In this episode, Natalie Pavey, a certified French-to-English translator, talks about how to scale your freelance translation business. Since beginning as a freelancer in 2011, she has worked with more than 300 clients and, for the past few years, has been collaborating with other freelancers to become a one-stop shop for French<>English translation services in order to better serve her clients and grow her business. Listen in for tips on subcontracting, managing translation projects and ensuring quality assurance.

CES - Episode 22 - Natalie Pavey on Scaling Your Freelance Business

Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator and Colorado state-certified French court interpreter based in Boulder, Colorado; she also holds a Master of Conference Interpreting from Glendon College. A full-time freelancer since 2002, Corinne specializes in conference and legal interpreting, and translates for the international development and legal sectors. She has translated six non-fiction books, and is the author of How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator, a career guide for the language professions, with over 15,000 copies in print. Corinne served on the Board of the American Translators Association for seven years, including as ATA President from 2017-2019.

CES - Episode 23 - Corinne McKay on Breaking into Interpretation

ATA-certified translator Matthew Bunczk describes his experience earning a paralegal studies certificate and its impact on his freelance translation business.

Ep. 25: Matt Bunczk on Paralegal Certificates

Host Andie Ho speaks with Edna Santizo of the Spanish Lang. Div. and Paul Gallagher of the Korean Lang. Div. about what it's like to run the ATA's largest and smallest language divisions. Interviewees' opinions are their own.

Ep. 26: A Chat with the SPD & KLD

Jean-Baptiste Joachim, founder of EXPATLANG, explains how he went from trained linguist to online French teacher.

Ep. 27: Jean-Baptiste Joachim on Teaching French Online

Professional musician and long-time Miami resident Belinda Stohner shares her favorite hidden spots in Miami, site of ATA64.

Ep. 28: Belinda Stohner on Miami Fun

Check out the French-related presentations that will be happening at the American Translators Association conference in Miami this October.

Ep. 29: ATA Presentations

FLD talks about museum translations, literary translation, teaching, research, and more with the multitalented Susan Pickford.

Ep. 30: Museum Translations with the Multitalented Susan Pickford

We speak with Tom West on how and why he wrote 3 legal dictionaries for 4 different foreign languages.
Tom's dictionaries:
1. Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business
2. Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary: French-German English, German-French-English
3. Swedish-English Law Dictionary: Svensk-engelsk juridikordbok

Ep. 31: Tom West on Writing Dictionaries

In this episode, ATA Board Director and FLD member Meghan McCallum describes what it's like to be on the board and why you might want to consider running.

Ep. 32: Meghan McCallum on Being an ATA Board Member

In this episode, we chat with FLD member Kate Deimling about how she became a successful literary translator.

Ep. 33: Kate Deimling on Literary Translation

We talk to Eve Bodeux about her Global Reads book club for translated literature. To join, visit bodeuxinternational.com/book-club.

Ep. 34: Eve Bodeux & the Global Reads Book Club

Nathalie Joffre walks us through the benefits of being a member of France's Société française des traducteurs.

Link: https://www.sft.fr

Ep. 35: La Société française des traducteurs

Eve Bodeux, Jenn Mercer and Angela Benoit introduce the Series.

Continuing Education Series - Episode 1 - Introduction

Professional genealogist and French-to-English genealogical translator Bryna O’Sullivan describes her unusual specialization.

Ep. 36: Bryna O'Sullivan on Genealogical Translation

In today's episode, Eve Bodeux (FLD Administrator) and Jenn Mercer (FLD Assistant Administrator) give Angela Benoit an overview of the Leadership Council's efforts and present the different platforms on which members of the FLD can interact. 

Continuing Education Series - Episode 2 - State of the FLD

French- and German-to-English translator and interpreter Kole Wright tells how he moved to France on the Passeport Talent program and founded his translation business, Le Quatrième Œil.

Ep. 37: Kole Wright on Moving to France

In today’s episode, Angela Benoit welcomes legal expert Jennifer Bader of Class Translations for an overview and brief analysis of the differences and convergences in privacy law, in the United States and in France. For links to the relevant documents, to contact the producers or for more information, please visit www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/2015/10/26/epi3/.

Continuing Education Series - Episode 3 - US/French Privacy Law

Welcome to the fourth episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, sustainable development translator Natalie Pavey (www.nptranslations.com) joins Angela Benoit to talk about terminology and neologisms in the field of Sustainable Development, providing insight on the cultural, political and historical contexts in which terms come into existence. 

You can follow everyone from today’s episode on Twitter: 
Natalie: https://twitter.com/nptranslations
Angela: https://twitter.com/angelacbenoit 
French Language Division: https://twitter.com/ATA_FLD

For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast. 

Continuing Education Series - Episode 4 - Linguistic trends in sustainable development

Welcome to the fifth episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Genealogy Translator Bryna O’Sullivan (www.charteroakgenealogy.com) joins Angela Benoit to talk about genealogy translation, the intersection between genealogy and history, and terminology.

For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/…tegory/podcast.

Continuing Education Series - Episode 5 - Genealogy Translation

Welcome to the 7th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, FLD Administrator Eve Bodeux and FLD Assistant Administrator Jenn Mercer join Angela Benoit for the second State of the Division episode. Get the latest on all things FLD, including a sneak preview of what your Division is planning for the upcoming San Francisco conference. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast 

Continuing Education Series - Episode 7 - State Of The FLD 2016

Welcome to the 8th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Carolyn Yohn joins Angela Benoit to talk about a book she translated: Comments on the North American Travels of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt: 1794 – 1798. Find out who Liancourt was and learn about his role in documenting early American history. Listen to Carolyn talk about fascinating translation challenges and how she journeyed through a work of historical, political and economic significance. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

CES - Episode 8 - Adventures in Early America - Translating Liancourt's Travels

Welcome to the 11th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, co-host Andie Ho join Angela Benoit for the first ever “Translations that pop” episode. Listen to brilliant translations by our members and friends and hear what the two hosts thought about each piece of text. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

CES - Episode 11 - Translations That Pop

Welcome to the 12th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Marie-Christine Gingras joins Angela Benoit to discuss a list of mots délaissés: words that translators don’t always think to use in their work. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

CES - Episode 12 - Les mots délaissés

Welcome to the 13th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Amanda Williams joins Angela Benoit to discuss the ins and outs of financial terminology. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

Transcript available at http://www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/2022/11/09/transcript-ata-ces-episode-13/, courtesy of Joan Wallace.

CES - Episode 13 - Financial Translation Traps And Tricks

Welcome to the 15th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, André Racicot joins Angela Benoit to discuss the translation of toponyms. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

CES - Episode 15 - Translating Toponyms

Welcome to the 16th episode of the French Language Division’s Continuing Education Series. In today’s episode, Cathy-Eitel Nzume welcomes Jenn Mercer and Andie Ho to discuss the State of the FLD and the upcoming ATA Conference that may or may not be in Boston. For more information about our podcast, please visit the French Language Division’s website here: www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/category/podcast.

Transcript available at http://www.ata-divisions.org/FLD/index.php/2022/11/23/transcript-ata-ces-episode-16/, courtesy of Virginia (Ginny) Layton-Leal.

CES - Episode 16 - State Of The FLD June 2020.mp3

The Continuing Education Series of the French Language Division, a division of the American Translators Association. Our podcast focuses on the craft of translation (English > French and French > English). 

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