Abstract: Mark Rustine and Abigail Roberts are guest speakers this week. Mark Rustine speaks about A Day in the Life of a Mother Tongue Translator. Mark has a BS in Aerospace Engineering and worked for Boeing, Continental, and Gulfstream Aerospace before serving in SIL Philippines and Indonesia. Mark is a gifted cross-cultural communicator. Abigail Roberts… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a MTT/FBA
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A Day in the Life of a Translation Consultant
Abstract: Andy Kellogg is the guest speaker this week. Andy Kellogg joined Wycliffe in 2005 and Seed Company a year later. His first assignment was as a Consultant in Training. Andy moved to Nigeria in 2007. For the next 5 years, he gained experience consulting in various LIST workshops. During this same period Andy worked… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Translation Consultant
A Day in the Life of a Field Coordinator
Abstract: Cate Burnett Fierbaugh is the guest speaker this week. When I met Cate Burnett Fierbaugh, she was living on the edge of the Sahara Desert and working on minority language development. At the same time, she was recording for Progressive Publication of MP3 audio. So Cate has actually done many of the things that… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Field Coordinator
Translation in Practice
Abstract: Since 2000, translation efficiency has improved by over 50%. At least half of this gain is due to increased funding. Most of the remainder is due to process improvements: MTTs, cluster approach and workshops, and shorter, focused projects. ParaTExt has also produced concrete efficiency gains. Malinda Kathleen Reese’s views on machine translation are explained. … Continue reading Translation in Practice
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