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Call for Proposals: Spring Sessions 2026 - NCTA Call for Proposals: Spring Sessions 2026 You are invited to share your knowledge and experience at Spring Sessions on April 11, 2026,…

🌸 NCTA's Call for Proposals for our Spring Sessions in 2026 is now open!

🤓 We are searching for language professionals keen on sharing their knowledge and expertise during an all-day NCTA event.

Check out the details here: ncta.org/event/call-f...

06.11.2025 01:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
NCTA’s Workers’ Compensation Interpreter Group – Translorial

🗣️ Have you heard about NCTA's Workers' Compensation Interpreters Group?

💪 Check out one of our Translorial Fall Issue articles about this wonderful and exciting group!

www.translorial.com/interpretati...

31.10.2025 00:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – November 9 – Hasta que empieza a brillar de Andrés Neuman - NCTA JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA’s Spanish Division…

📚 ¿En busca de tu siguiente novela en español? NCTA has just the book for you!

☀️ Join us on Sunday, November 9th for our next joint NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club! We will be discussing "Hasta que empieza a brillar" by Andrés Neuman.

RSVP here to get the Zoom link: ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

29.10.2025 00:48 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Translorial

🍂 Autumn has arrived and with it come crunchy leaves, 🎃 patches, and the Fall 2025 issue of #Translorial! 🍂

Cozy up with a warm beverage 🫖 and enjoy some of the newest articles just published at www.translorial.com!

24.10.2025 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🥳 #ATA66 is just around the corner!

🌉 Join your fellow NCTA members this Friday, October 24th at 6:00 pm for a happy hour at the Birch Bar!

🎊 We'll see you there!!

21.10.2025 05:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎊 Happy International Translation Day to all of our wonderful language professionals in this incredible industry! 🎊
#InternationalTranslationDay

30.09.2025 15:32 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

You don’t want to miss out on this helpful and informative webinar!

18.09.2025 06:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – September 13 – El invencible verano de Liliana by Cristina Rivera Garza JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA’s Spanish Division (SPD) are co-hosting a Spanish book club, where we m...

📚 If you're interested in unpacking and discussing "El invencible verano de Liliana" by Cristina Rivera Garza with a passionate group of lectores, you won't want to miss this opportunity!

🤓 Don't forget to RSVP so you can be sent the link!
ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

09.09.2025 05:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Webinar: Wordscope + ChatGPT for Translators Presented by Philippe Mercier This is the non-member ticketing page. This webinar is $15 for non-NCTA members and free for NCTA members. ***NCTA members please click here.*** About the Workshop How ca...

🍂 Join us on September 20 for our first fall webinar! We will be exploring ways to integrate AI into our translation workflow.

Don't forget to sign up for this event! ✨ There will be ATA credits offered and it's FREE for NCTA members!
ncta.org/event/webina...

01.09.2025 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – September 13 – El invencible verano de Liliana by Cristina Rivera Garza JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA’s Spanish Division (SPD) are co-hosting a Spanish book club, where we m...

📕 Join our NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club on Saturday, September 13th at 11 a.m. PST for a lively discussion about "El invencible verano de Liliana" by Cristina Rivera Garza. It's sure to be a fantastic meeting!

Don't forget to RSVP here: ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

27.08.2025 03:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA General Meeting | Online, Zoom Join us on September 6, 2025, from 1 - 3 PM, for our quarterly General Meeting. Our guest speaker, William Giller, will offer a fresh look at effective note-taking techniques for a successful consecut...

Come join us online on September 6 at 1 pm for our next General Meeting. There will be an interactive session where we look at different tools and methods to improve one of consecutive interpreting's fundamental skills: note-taking!

You won't want to miss this! RSVP here: ncta.org/event/ncta-g...

14.08.2025 03:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Don't forget to sign up and join in on the book loving fun!

24.07.2025 03:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for Certified MedLegal Workers’ Compensation Interpreters to Stand Together – Webinar Join NCTA's Workers' Compensation Committee members on July 8, 2025 from 6 to 7 PM to discuss concerns regarding the use of uncertified interpreters in medlegal Workers' Compensation settings and usin...

🔜 Attention all workcomp interpreters!

Come join in a constructive discussion with the members of the NCTA Workers’ Compensation Committee about the use of uncertified interpreters in Workers’ Compensation settings.

There's still time left to sign up for this FREE event: ncta.org/event/call-f...

08.07.2025 03:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You won’t want to miss out on this enlightening conversation!

07.07.2025 18:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – July 26 – Animales luminosos by Jeremías Gamboa JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA’s Spanish Division (SPD) are co-hosting a Spanish book club, where we m...

🌞 Is there any better way to enjoy a summer morning than chatting about quality literature with your NCTA pals?

(😉 It's a rhetorical question.)

Come join us over Zoom at 11 am on Saturday, July 26th, and discuss "Animales luminosos" by Jeremías Gamboa.

RSVP here: ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

03.07.2025 03:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

💪 Join our Workers' Compensation Committee on July 8, 6-7 pm, to discuss concerns about uncertified interpreters in medlegal Workers’ Compensation settings and using our collective voices to address them.

🤓 Interested in participating? You can RSVP on the NCTA website: ncta.org/event/call-f...

28.06.2025 17:17 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
The Value of Human Translation – Translorial

😌 “You get what you pay for”. AI in our profession often begs this very response.

👨‍💻 Our very own Michael Schubert, CT has written a fantastic, succinct article on the value of human translation that is sure to perk up your Monday morning. ☀️

Check it out here: www.translorial.com/machine-tran...

23.06.2025 16:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🤗 Following the last NCTA GM, several members of the Board of Directors got together to brainstorm how to make our association an even better place for translators and interpreters.

💡 The group left invigorated and full of fresh ideas. We cannot wait to start sharing them with you all!

12.06.2025 04:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – June 14 – La hija de la española by Karina Sainz Borgo JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA's Spanish Division (SPD) are co-hosting a Spanish book club, where we m...

Whether you're in SF 🌉 , Mexico City 🇲🇽 , or Madrid 💃 , come to our next book club meeting!

Join us on Sat., June 14, for our joint book club meeting with the ATA Spanish Division for this member's only read of "La hija de la española".

Find out more and sign up here: ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

12.06.2025 03:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There is still some time to sign up! Take advantage of this bibliophilic bonanza!

12.06.2025 03:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Investing in Ten Basic Steps – Online on June 19 Investing in Ten Basic Steps Interested in learning more about investing and setting up your own retirement plan? Join us on June 19, 2025, from 6 to 7 p.m., to hear from Dan Beck. Dan is an experienc...

👴 As the great Benjamin Franklin once said, "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

Join us on June 19th, 6-7 pm, as we delve into the world of investing. Bring your questions and get ready to learn more about money!

Don't forget to R💲VP: ncta.org/event/invest...

11.06.2025 04:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA General Meeting, May 31, 2025, SF Join us on Saturday, May 31, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for our next NCTA General Meeting, in-person. Please PRE-REGISTER. How to Access Funds/Financing, Resources and Education, for Small Businesses...

💵 Financing, 🚰 resources, and 👩‍🎓 education - oh my!

Join us this Saturday to delve into the nitty gritty of the T&I business. 🤔 If you have questions about your own business, you won't want to miss out on this speaker!

RSVP to not miss out on this wonderful opportunity: ncta.org/event/ncta-g...

30.05.2025 00:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Haven’t signed up yet? There’s still time!

Don’t miss out on your chance to move your business forward 🙌🏼

29.05.2025 23:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NCTA-ATA SPD Spanish Book Club – June 14 – La hija de la española by Karina Sainz Borgo JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB CO-HOSTED BY NCTA & ATA’S SPANISH DIVISION The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA) and the ATA's Spanish Division (SPD) are co-hosting a Spanish book club, where we m...

📕 Join us over Zoom (alongside the ATA's Spanish Division) on Saturday, June 14th, starting at 11:00 am (PST) to discuss "La hija de la española" by Venezuelan author Karina Sainz Borgo.

⏩ Please don't forget to register to confirm your spot: ncta.org/event/ncta-a...

24.05.2025 12:55 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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NCTA General Meeting, May 31, 2025, SF Join us on Saturday, May 31, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for our next NCTA General Meeting, in-person. Please PRE-REGISTER. How to Access Funds/Financing, Resources and Education, for Small Businesses...

🗺️ Owning a translation/interpretation business can be a LOT of work and it can be hard to know where to turn when you have questions.

Please join us for our next in-person NCTA General Meeting on May 31st to answer some of those burning questions! RSVP here: ncta.org/event/ncta-g...

22.05.2025 02:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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🥂 The NCTA Happy Hour was a resounding success!

🍾 Have an idea for an NCTA get together? Let us know - we're always ready to connect with our colleagues!

20.05.2025 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😌 Looking for a fun way to unwind after a long week with the NCTA?

Join us this Friday, 5/16 for a 🍾 happy hour 🥂 in San Francisco 🌉 We will be meeting at The Bar at One Market Restaurant from 6:00 to 8:00 PM!

Remember to RSVP by emailing 🌟 events@ncta.org 🌟

13.05.2025 02:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🥳 Happy Interpreter Appreciation Day! 🎊

07.05.2025 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌻 Our Spring Sessions were a resounding success!

🙏 A huge thank you to our presenters, Noemi Gonzalez, Certified Court Interpreter, and Jonathan Sanders, for sharing their expertise with us and to Alison Trujillo for all of her hard work getting us organized!

30.04.2025 22:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You still have time to sign up for this amazing educational opportunity! Who doesn't love CEUs, snacks, and catching up with colleagues?

23.04.2025 03:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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