T&I, GIG OR PROFESSION?

Presentations and Speakers

DAY 1

You’re IT! Interpreters and Translators in the Spotlight
Katharine Allen (Click here for bio and abstract)

Understanding the Landscape of Industry Standards
Loana Denis (Click here for bio)

Cobb County Educational Community Interpreters:
The Essential Link to Our Linguistically Diverse Communities
Glynis Ramos-Mitchell (Click here for bio and abstract)

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Translation, and the Professional Translator
Spence Green (Click here for bio and abstract)

Contracts: Friends or Foes?
Amanda Williams (Click here for bio and abstract)

Panel Discussion:

How to Turn your Language Skills into a Translation or Interpretation Profession
John Botero (Click here for bio) –  Maria Ceballos-Wallis (Click here for bio)
Glynis Mitchell (Click here for bio) – Eva de Vallescar (Click here for bio)

DAY 2

 Workshop: Skills-building for the Seasoned Interpreter
(Language Neutral)
Athena Matilsky (Click here for bio and abstract)

Workshop: Plain Language and Translation Solutions
to Coherence, Clarity, and Idiosyncrasies
(In English, with examples and exercises in Spanish)
Romina Marazzato Sparano (Click here for bio and abstract)