Media Updates:As Google crawls the web, I'm beginning to see that a larger number of other sites published the release than what I first realized. It was picked up by
KRNV-4 (Reno-Tahoe)
SciWeb,
Netscape, the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the
Las Vegas Business Press, the
Sacramento Bee,
DrKoop.com, and several others.
People keep sending me new links to places where they've run into either the release or the call for submissions - please feel free to keep doing that. I love to know how individuals are hearing about the project, and I am very pleased to know that even just the press announcement is helping the general public to hear some positive news about interpreters.
Many interpreters are also helping to spread the word via listservs, forums and blogs. Special thanks to
Aurora Humarán for spreading the word in
Argentina through
La Cabina.
Project Updates:We've already started receiving stories from various places around the world! I am very encouraged by both the quality of the writing, and the care everyone is taking to maintain
confidentiality. One story in particular made me laugh out loud, and it did a great job of demonstrating why interpreters are so necessary. I feel very privileged to be on the receiving end of these, and very much look forward to sharing them with everyone through this treasury.
Many people have also been bouncing story ideas off of me via email to see if these would be of interest. I am always happy to give feedback, so please feel free to keep contacting me with questions.
The project website also continues to receive
hundreds of unique hits each day. Instead of slowing down after the release went out as I had expected, each day I am pleasantly surprised as there are more and more visitors welcomed to our site.
I really appreciate each and every effort to share information about the project, and will reciprocate by making every effort to ensure the project continues to be deserving of such attention.
I am thrilled to report that our project will be mentioned during the Interpreta 2007 Conference! This is the first independent (non-association) conference in the Americas designed by interpreters for interpreters. Co-presidents Lucille Barnes and José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk decided to create Interpreta in order to offer a platform where interpreters could share and learn from each other in a relaxed setting.
You can read more about it at here, and be sure to take a look at the impressive list of speakers.
