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In:Professional Issues for Translators and Interpreters
Edited by Deanna L. Hammond
[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series VII] 1994
► pp. v–vii

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Published online: 6 September 1994
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Table of contents

Editor’s remark1
Section 1. Achieving success as a language professional
The paradox of professionalism13
The value of local translator groups23
Getting it in writing: The key to problem-free business relationships35
Section 2. Challenges in a global economy
World events create opportunities and challenges for translators and interpreters: translating words is but a part47
Translation and international trade59
Section 3. Ethnics and the profession
Professional ethnnics for court and community interpreters79
Ethnics for translators and tarnslations businesses99
Section 4. Challenges of technology
The issues of machine translation109
The translator workstation127
Section 5. Current economic and legal issues
Translation and interpreting in the 90s: Major economic and legal issues confronting the community151
Section 6. Translator/interpreter training in the U.S.
The role of the university in the professionalization of the translator171
Ingredients to success as a language specialist181
Non-discriminatory approaches in translation studies193
The current status of U.S. translator and interpreter training201
Contributors206
ATA corporate/institutional members208
ATA officers and board of directors, 1994215
ATA Gode Medal Winners215
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