This is a blank petition for you to sign. On May 8, the ATA Nominations and Leadership Development Committee (NLDC) sent an email to members announcing this year’s slate of candidates. The committee informed us that despite their efforts, they had not been able to find more than one candidate for the Secretary position. And in [...]
At my children's school there was a special time every day called DEAR time: Drop Everything And Read Everyone, from the child in kindergarten to the headmaster would stop what they were doing and grab a book. They did this every day for half an hour. Today, March 2, is Read Across America Day, and [...]
2020 conferences You will find me, Helen Eby, at conferences. My speaking schedule is posted on the Calendar tab on my website. I will be speaking at the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters (OSTI) and the Midwest Association of Translators and Interpreters (MATI) conferences as well as carrying out my duties at the ATA [...]
This is a guest post by my daughter, Cynthia Sleight. I had been thinking of the current protests, and the people my children were friends with as children. She emailed me this text, and I decided to post it. We care about the living. This is about my children's friends. I also have Black friends. [...]
Now that things are in flux because of COVID-19, my husband and I are talking a lot. He asked me what is at the core of what drives me, my passion. Developing quality language access partners. I love translating… and seeing that the organizations I translate for are really connecting with the community. I love [...]
I am running for office in NAJIT, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators. The elections page has the details. Why? I believe in professional associations. They are our point of reference, where stakeholders and professionals come together to answer questions about the profession. They represent the profession, and answer questions about standards, continuing [...]
This is an overview of things I care about. It covers government contracting, life, employment status, and how to prepare to have a professional profile. All of this is connected... Happy reading! Employment classification In California and New Jersey there is a lot of discussion about employment classification and its ramifications. This is a complex [...]
My mother in law, Hazel Eby, passed away on October 19. This week I am not at the ATA conference, as previously scheduled. I am home, in preparation for family gathering, going through her belongings to see what untold stories she left behind, how we understood each other in ways that I didn’t know. My [...]
Argentine gaucho on horseback. Argentina and the United States had similar independence processes. The United States kicked it off with the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, and later formally declared its independence on July 4, 1776. Argentina started the process with a week-long series of community discussions the week of May [...]
United States Declaration of Independence. Image from US Library of Congress My maiden name is Helen Slack. James Slack is a direct ancestor of my paternal grandfather. He helped George Washington cross the Delaware River and win the Battle of Trenton on Christmas Eve of 1776. He was the operator of the Johnson Ferry House, and [...]
