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American Translators Association
Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
October 26-- 29, 2011
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September 2011 Volume XL Number 9 A Publication ofthe American Translators Association
Contents
September 2011
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590 • Alexandria VA 22314 USA Tel: +1-703-683-6100 • Fax: +1-703-683-6122 E-mail: Chronicle@atanet.org • Website: www.atanet.org
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ATA 2011 Elections: Candidate Statements
ATA will hold its regularly scheduled elections to select apresident-elect, secretary, treasurer, and three directors.
ATA’s Nominating Committee: A Second Peek Behind the Curtains
By Tuomas Kostiainen
Learn how the nominating process for ATA’s election works and find out how you can contribute to this important team effort for next year’s elections.
The Deposition from Hell
By Mark Freehill
The legal, logistical, personal, and practical problemsinherent to depositions are complicated further when interpreting is involved. This is a cautionary but instructive tale.
Translation in Space and Time
By Tony Beckwith
How one translator was lucky enough to be chosen to provide an English translation of the catalogue for a retrospective of works by Venezuelan painter Carlos Cruz-Diez.
Film Review: The Woman with the 5 Elephants
By SusanWelsh
Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten, a documentary of the life and work of Swetlana Geier, the renowned translator of Dostoevsky and other Russian classical writers into German, holds lessons for translators in any language pair or specialty.
Columns and Departments
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The ATA Chronicle (ISSN 1078-6457) is published monthly, except bi-monthly in November/December, by theAmerican Translators Association, 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA. Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The ATA Chronicle, 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA. The American Translators Association (ATA) was established in 1959 as a not-for-profit professional society to...
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