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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

American Translators
Association
April 11

Transitioning from Student to Translator |
Meghan Mccallum And Sarah Puchner
A great article with useful advice and a very
helpful list of resources in the footnotes.
Thank you, Sarah and Meghan!

Linguists say most Balkan
languages are the same. And
nationalists are mad about it
No amount of nationalism,
it appears, can Balkanize a
language. Twenty-five years
after the former Socialist
Federalist Republic of
Yugoslavia was split into Serbia
(which later split again to
form Montenegro in 2006),
Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia,
and Macedonia, a group of
linguists have declared that
Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian,
and Montenegrin are all just
versions of the same language.
(Macedonian and Slovenian
languages remain different.)

Victoria B
From the article "Transitioning from Student to
Translator" (March-April): "It can be very exciting
once jobs start pouring in..."
This is hardly typical for the vast majority of
translators entering the market these days. It
is deceptive to write as if it were and harmful
to those considering a translation career. Most
students are finishing their studies deeply in debt
and with little prospect of paying it off in a timely
fashion through the few number of jobs they
manage to get.

ATA Statement Regarding President Trump's
Executive Order On Immigration |
Chronicle-Online Extra
We need to be watchful in defending the
interests of our colleagues from Iraq and other
targeted countries. We can achieve so much
more as an organization than each of us can
individually (although please note some members
of our Gainesville, Florida, translator/interpreter
group met recently to send postcards to
our representatives).
Kate Walker I Gainesville, FL

Claudia P

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