Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editor’s remark 1
4. Section 1. Achieving success as a language professional
5. The paradox of professionalism 13
6. The value of local translator groups 23
7. Getting it in writing 35
8. Section 2. Challenges in a global economy
9. World events create opportunities and challenges for translators and interpreters 47
10. Translation and international trade 59
11. Section 3. Ethnics and the profession
12. Professional ethnnics for court and community interpreters 79
13. Ethnics for translators and tarnslations businesses 99
14. Section 4. Challenges of technology
15. The issues of machine translation 109
16. The translator workstation 127
17. Section 5. Current economic and legal issues
18. Translation and interpreting in the 90s 151
19. Section 6. Translator/interpreter training in the U.S.
20. The role of the university in the professionalization of the translator 171
21. Ingredients to success as a language specialist 181
22. Non-discriminatory approaches in translation studies 193
23. The current status of U.S. translator and interpreter training 201
24. Contributors 206
25. ATA corporate/institutional members 208
26. ATA officers and board of directors, 1994 215