LIST OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATORS DIVISION – ATA 59

Dear Educators,

These are all the sessions offered by the Educators Division at the 59th Annual ATA Conference in New Orleans October 24-27, 2018: http://www.atanet.org/conf/2018/sessions/?track=18ATA-ANNUAL-4917&token=395015f5f9494b96299ca49666e04400

 

Our Distinguished Speaker this year for the Educators Division is Sonia Colina. Read her bio here:

Professor Sonia Colina Ph.D, holds a degree in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in Translation Studies and Comparative Literature from State University of New York, Binghamton, and an
M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She is a Professor of Hispanic Linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. Her research is in the area of Generative Phonology, Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics. She focuses on translation pedagogy, language and translation competence acquisition, and translation quality assessment. She teaches translation, especially in the fiels of health care and education, as well as doing work with translators and interpreters. Among her many publications are:
Colina, Sonia. 2015. Fundamentals of Translation. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press; 
Núñez-Cedeño, Rafael, Sonia Colina & Travis Bradley. Eds. (2014)  Fonología generativa contemporánea de la lengua española.  Georgetown: GUP; 
Colina, Sonia, Antxon Olarrea and Ana Carvalho. Eds. 2010.  Romance Linguistics 2009: Selected Proceedings of the 39th LSRL. Amsterdam: John Benjamins; 
Colina, Sonia. 2003. Translation Teaching: From Research To The Classroom. New York, San Francisco: McGraw Hill.

Mission Statement

“The mission of the ATA’s Educators Division is to enhance the educational experience of translation and interpreting students by offering educators and trainers a platform to share knowledge, experience, and resources, and helping each other in becoming better instructors. ATA’s Educators Division emphasizes inclusiveness by connecting instructors of translation and interpreting at all different levels and language combinations, and it heavily depends on the collegiality of its members to fulfill its mission.”