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.

Translators Without Borders needs your help to review translation tests in several language pairs. The process is simple, online, and takes 15 minutes per test. Volunteers need to have a Proz profile to access the tool that runs in the Proz platform. Please complete the application form at http://translatorswithoutborders.org/How-to-Register to become a volunteer and receive access to the evaluation tool.