2011 NOTA ANNUAL DINNER AND WORKSHOPS
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Workshops: 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. $20 registration fee
Hudson Library 96 Library St., Hudson OH 44236
http://www.hudsonlibrary.org/AboutHLHS/Hours&Location.html
Dinner: Downtown Hudson at 6:00 p.m. location TBA
Contact Vitaliy Plinto, Program Chair at vvp13ster@gmail.com
AN LSP OWNER BARES ALL
Terena Bell
Natasha Curtis
How can we better please agencies? Why do agencies make me do this? For example, why would I have to fill out workers’ compensation paperwork when I’m an independent contractor? Freelancers, this is you chance to meet an agency owner, ask questions and receive an honest answer. Terena will address questions from the agency buyer’s perspective and Natasha from the end client. Please send questions to Terena at terenabell@inverylanguage.com and Natasha at natasha@linguanexus.net.
Terena Bell is CEO of In Every Language, an LSP offering translation, interpretation, and localization in up to 175 languages. Her work with the company has been formally recognized by two Kentucky governors and her articles on the industry have been published in Multilingual and The Chronicle. She also sits on the leadership council for the Association of Language Companies. Terena has lived in both the US and France.
TRANSLATORS AS WRITERS
In Translators as Writers, we will explore the original and essential role of the translator, to create and compose texts. While many will see this as an obvious conclusion, the commodification of language services has made us feel like assembly workers, with emphasis on “productivity” and “high quality”. Writing properly is a reflexive activity in translation that deserves better from us. A Q&A session will follow.
Mario Chávez, a Spanish translator since 1992, holds a master’s degree in Audiovisual Translation from Universidad Autónoma deBarcelona and a bachelor’s degree in English & Translation Studies (traductorador público) from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. A software localization specialist since 1998, he has worked in in-house positions at several companies, including Intergraph, Intel and Hyland Software. He is also the moderator of Redacción técnica en español, a LinkedIn group. His MA’s thesis explores a comparative analysis of the technical writing style in Spanish user manuals published in the last 40 years.
This year’s Annual Dinner will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Noble House (60 West Streetsboro St., Hudson, OH 44236), one of the finest restaurants in the Hudson area featuring classic Chinese cuisine. Noble House prepares each dish individually using unique spices and sauces to produce the flavors found only in authentic Chinese cuisine! The dinner menu will feature a wide selection of appetizers, entreés, seafood, poultry, beef, pork and lamb plates, salads and desserts. For a more complete list of meal selections at Noble House, please visit the restaurant website at http://www.noblehousehudson.com/Menus/Dinmenu2007.pdf.
The majority of the dinner selections cost $30-35, and this cost includes any selection of appetizer, entrée, main dish, dessert, beverage, gratuities and taxes. For the purposes of allowing everyone more variety of selections, each guest will be ordering from the menu. The restaurant will issue to each guest a separate bill, which will include the costs of the chosen meal selections, taxes and gratuities. No advance payments are required, however, due to a limited space please RSVP with Vitaliy at vvp13ster@gmail.com by September 17, 2011 and be so kind to indicate how many guests you will bring with you to the dinner.
The Workshop Series event, which will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hudson Library (96 Library St., Hudson, OH 44236), will feature two interactive presentations: “An LSP Owner Bears It All” by Terena Bell and Natasha Curtis and “Translators As Writers” by Mario Chávez. Th first presentation will offer a thorough insight on the relationship between translation agencies and independent contractors and will examine the situation from the translation agency’s perspective and from the end client’s perspective. The second presentation will explore the original and essential role of the translator to create and compose texts, emphasizing on writing as a reflexive activity in translation.
The fee for attending the Workshop Series event is $20/person. For those who are interested in attending this event, please send a check in the amount of $20 payable to NOTA to Vitaliy Plinto, 6811 Mayfield Road, #1079, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124. While the checks would readily be accepted on the day of the event, due to a limited space it is strongly recommended that you RSVP for this event in advance and submit your payment by September 17, 2011.
If you have any questions or need additional information about either of these events, please don’t hesitate to contact Vitaliy Plinto, NOTA Programs Chair, at vvp13ster@gmail.com or (216) 773-8792. Thank you in advance for your interest in our events and we look forward to seeing you at our 2011 NOTA Annual Annual and Workshop Series events!