ALEXANDRIA, VA—   Lisa Carter is the recipient of the AFTI Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation or Interpretation for her Spanish into English translation of El calígrafo de Voltaire [Voltaire᾿s Calligrapher], a novel by Argentine writer Pablo De Santis (Harper Perennial, 2010). Carter is a Spanish into English translator with nearly 20 years of experience, specializing in literary,

ALEXANDRIA, VA— The American Translators Association (ATA) awarded Francesca Samuel, a freelance translator and court interpreter in Tucson, Arizona, the 2012 Harvie Jordan Scholarship. She was also recently elected administrator of the ATA Spanish Language Division. The Harvie Jordan Scholarship promotes, encourages, and supports leadership and professional development of translators and interpreters within ATA’s Spanish Language Division and to honor

Join the ATA’s Translation Company Division (TCD) at its 13th Annual Conference: A Recipe for Business Growth–10 Ingredients, in Orlando, FL. Friday, January 25 – Sunday, January 27, 2013. For more information contact Virginia Anderson  TCD@OregonTranslation.com or Evelyn Yang Garland at egarland@actalanguage.com.