TAPIT Annual Conference 2007

Tomorrow the Tennessee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators (TAPIT) holds their annual conference in Nashville, and flyers for the program will be on hand, courtesy of Cindy Roat. It is wonderful to see so much activity and so many events taking place to advance our profession!

The Connection Newsletter

Fantastic news! The Utah Department of Health featured the From Our Lips to Your Ears project in the August 2007 (#14) issue of the Connection Newsletter. Special thanks for helping us spread the word throughout Utah and beyond!

Traduction technique, interprétariat et coaching en anglais

I was very pleased to see a kind blog post from an interpreter in Brittany regarding the From Our Lips to Your Ears project. This blog, called Traduction technique, interprétariat et coaching en anglais, looked like it might be of great interest to many French interpreters and translators who visit this site, so I am sharing it here.

Mail Call!

What a fun and inspiring week this has been, with mail coming in from around the world, and a box filled to the brim with hard copy submissions, and even audio submissions, not to mention all of the submissions that keep coming in from the project website, and via email!

I am very excited and wish I could share many of them with readers here, but I will keep them under wraps for now. The amount of wonderful stories never ceases to amaze me. Now that it's September, the submission deadline is just a few months around the corner!

There are many kind comments that have arrived, in addition to, and sometimes along with, the story submissions. I will paste a few here to share:

"I always wanted a book like this, that I could give someone to explain what I do. Now even my friends and family will have a better understanding of how hard and important this job is."

"You hit the nail right on the head! This is a book our field has needed for a long time! I can't wait!"

"Where has this book been, and why didn't anyone think of it sooner? I am telling every interpreter I know to send you their stories."

"The college where I teach has a program by which students have interpreting internships, and they always come back with excellent anecdotes. I wish I had thought to compile them years ago, but now I will be sending them to you."

Keep up the wonderful work, and thanks very much for your interest!

Irish Translators and Interpreters Association

Special thanks to the Irish Translators and Interpreters Association (ITIA) for featuring the From Our Lips to Your Ears project in the August issue of the ITIA Bulletin!

For those who do not subscribe, this newsletter is an excellent source of information regarding interpreting issues in Ireland, as well as elsewhere in the world.

Ever since this issue came out, there have been a large number of web site hits from Ireland for both the main project site as well as the blog. With such a wonderful history of writers in Ireland, I anticipate receiving some great submissions for the book from the Emerald Isle.

Sincerest thanks to ITIA Bulletin editor Elizabeth Hayes and all of our colleagues in Ireland who work to bring interpreting issues to a more prominent place in the public's eye.