The workshop
What, if any, is the difference between a sole proprietor and a freelancer?
What’s the difference between a DBA (doing business as) and a fictitious business name?
Should I form an LLC, if so, do I need to hire a lawyer?
Several of my
Recently, I’ve been quite busy attending several virtual conferences, presenting at some of them, and recording videos to be presented at upcoming conferences in the near future. Two weeks ago I attended and presented at the wonderful virtual conference Together Again (from afar) organized by the Oregon Society of Translators
Do I need to translate my non-English documents into English for USCIS? Yes, all documents that are not in English must be accompanied by an English translation. The documents must be translated in their entirety, and the layout must be reproduced in the translation.
Consider the following scenario: You receive an email message from the HR department of a large international corporation inviting you to a job interview. The company is looking for a language professional with precisely your skill set. The offer sounds perfect, almost too good to be true. So, you look
What is a certified, notarized, and sworn translation? What is an Apostille? Are you confused by the various terms: certified, notarized, sworn, Apostille? Wondering which type of translation you need for your official documents? Wonder no more. Here are the definitions in a nutshell:
The recording for my webinar on cybersecurity essentials for language pros is now available on demand. To view the webinar and receive the handouts, visit the NCTA page here. Specific topics covered include: Passwords, passphrases, and hacking Internet security: routers, Wifi, and VPNs Securing other (mobile) devices HIPAA, remote interpreting
At February’s NCTA General Meeting, two representatives of the language industry discussed the ramifications of AB5 for the industry and suggested what independent language professionals can do to help. On January 1 of this year, Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) went into effect and brought sweeping changes to California’s labor laws.
You can find the slides for my presentation “An Introduction to Neural Machine Translation” at the 59th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association here. The handouts summarizing my presentation at ATA58 on neural networks in general can be found here.
I will be giving another presentation at the upcoming ATA Annual Conference in New Orleans, ATA59, jointly in the SciTech and Language Technology tracks. The presentation will give an introduction to neural machine translation. My talk is preliminarily scheduled for the very last time slot on Saturday before the final
I recently presented this workshop on website creation with WordPress, which was organized by the Northern California Translators Association. Summary: Themes, posts, pages, widgets, plug-ins, SQL databases, SSL, … oh my! In this workshop, you will not only learn what these terms mean, you will learn how to build a
