The ATA Chronicle - January/February 2022 - 27

ATA Honors and Awards
2021 American Foundation
for Translation and Interpretation
First-Time ATA Conference Attendance Scholarships
he American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI) offers a limited number
of $500 scholarships to students/recent graduates of translation or interpreting studies
programs or related fields to help defray the cost of attending ATA's Annual Conference. The
scholarships are partially funded from donations made in the name of Edith Losa, who served ATA
as president-elect and then president from 1991 to 1995. The 2021 recipients are:
Yasmin Alkashef,
CT is an ATA-certified
Arabic>English translator,
certified health care
interpreter, registered court
interpreter, and conference
interpreter. She has an MA and PhD in
translation and interpreting studies from Ain
Shams University. She taught translation and
English as a second language at Ain Shams
University and the American University in Cairo.
Gabrielle Colonna is a
freelance French>English
translator with over 14
years of experience in
French. She specializes in
literature, social sciences,
and international development. She has an MA
in translation and interpreting studies and an
MA in French linguistics from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Anees Gharzita is a
medical device professional
turned French>English
translator. She specializes
in the translation of
medical devices and
regulatory documentation. She has bachelor's
degrees in biology and French with a
mathematics minor and is currently a master's
candidate in translation and interpreting at
New York University.
Marisa Irwin is a
freelance German>English
and Russian>English
translator. Her work
includes translating and
editing advertising,
historical, and personal documents. She also
provides subtitling and captioning for clients
in the food production technology sectors.
She has an MA in translation and interpreting
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and a BA in German, Russian, and history
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Applicants interested in
applying for first-time
attendee scholarships in
2022 must be full-time
or part-time students
at the undergraduate
or graduate level. All
students must be enrolled
at a two-year or four-year
college or university in a
program in translation,
interpreting, or both,
or a related field (e.g.,
terminology management,
translation project
management, etc.) leading
to an academic degree
or certificate. Recent
graduates must have
completed their program
within 12 months of the
starting date of the 2022
ATA Conference. For more
information, visit:
www.afti.org.
If you would like to donate
to AFTI's scholarship
program, simply go to
www.AFTI.org and click
on the Donate button.
You can also donate to
AFTI when you renew your
ATA membership.
Founded in 1997, AFTI is a 501(c)
(3) foundation affiliated with the
American Translators Association.
AFTI-ATA's charitable arm-supports
activities, education, and research
in support of the translation
and interpreting professions.
AFTI promotes this objective by
bestowing awards and scholarships,
as well as sponsoring conference
attendance and presentations.
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