Don't miss our excellent webshop — 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 — this Saturday, 12/13, with 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗯𝗼, CMI, interpreter trainer, and President of NCIHC! 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6240750 ✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, WA AOC, OJD, IMIA/NBCMI, @cchicertify.bsky.social, @atanet.org 🙏 🎟️ $38 members, $68 nonmembers #1nt

Don't miss our excellent webshop — 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 — this Saturday, 12/13, with 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗯𝗼, CMI, interpreter trainer, and President of NCIHC! 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6240750 ✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, WA AOC, OJD, IMIA/NBCMI, @cchicertify.bsky.social, @atanet.org 🙏 🎟️ $38 members, $68 nonmembers #1nt

If you're a Kurdish writer, or translating a work from a Kurdish writer from any language to English:

DHS's proposed 'public charge' rule gets rid of clear guidelines altogether — in an attempt to sow fear across immigrant communities and keep eligible people from accessing benefits they need. Here's what you need to know about this proposed change & how to stop it ⤵️ www.nilc.org/articles/tel...

We arrive now at the end of our journey, our trip around the world, and across all of literature itself, with the maestro, Sergio Pitol and his intrepid translator, George Henson. An incisive social satire of Mexico's high society, MARRIED LIFE is the seventh Pitol book published by Deep Vellum.

US immigration policies are driving away the doctors the country depends on. Physicians like Michael Liu, who came for the "American Dream," now question staying after massive H1B visa fee hikes and research cuts signal that their contribution is "less valued." https://ecs.page.link/ETJ1U

🎊 Ring out the old year with NOTIS! 🎊 All members are cordially invited to attend 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑺’𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 on 🗓️ Saturday, December 6, 📍at the Kent Senior Activity Center. 📥 RSVP (for yourself & a guest or two!) at: notisnet.org/event-6016996 #xl8 #1nt

Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the budget proposal he’ll release this month will rely solely on spending cuts and not higher taxes to overcome what he says is a multi-billion dollar shortfall. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/wa-go...

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#Australia: The labour of love breathing life back into palawa kani – the lost language of Lutruwita www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de... via @theguardian.com #aboriginal #indigenous #language #langsky

FLASH SALE: 30% OFF SITEWIDE (40% off for newsletter subscribers) From award-winning literary translations to iconic works of political theory and practice, here’s everything you need for all your shockingly hard to please loved ones (and free shipping on orders $25+!)

📫 NOTIS recently sent a letter to Washington Governor Bob Ferguson about the ongoing #interpreter shortage in WA State and how it’s impacting #languageaccess. Let’s get this conversation moving! 🚦 Learn more: notisnet.org/resources/NO... #1nt

⏰ Only 9 days left till #LEO12: Elevate Your Human Game! ⬆💪 -- ✅ Earn CEUs, attend 15+ expert-led sessions, and elevate your career at the premier virtual conference for language professionals — all online, no travel required. Learn more 🔗 linguisteducationonline.com/leo-12th-con... #1nt #xl8

This #CeatlFriday we would like to share our legal newsletter. Click on the link to read the latest news. Scroll all the way down and subscribe, so you’ll always be in the loop about the legal stuff! mailchi.mp/42420a78d6a1...

Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch... via @popularmechanics.bsky.social #Georgia #history #ancient #language #langsky

New book alert! Check out “Metaphors in Audiovisual Translation” by Jan Pedersen, Associate Professor in Translation Studies at Stockholm University.

Literary translators! Our publisher, @twolinespress.com, is currently open for submissions for animal stories in translation (from any language) & the Stevns Translation Prize (for Vietnamese translators). As always, no submissions fees. For more info visit: www.catranslation.org/books/submit...

📣 Emerging translators! Don't miss your chance to work one-on-one with a translation mentor next year: Apply to the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program! There are 13 mentorships available (at no cost to the emerging translator!). But time is running out: Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/EQW9BRV

The Costs of Instant Translation: AI might soon rob us of the thrill and challenge of cross-cultural conversation: www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1... | The Atlantic (11/10/25) | By Ross Benjamin . . . #Ai #Translation #CrossCultural #Conversation #Language #Multilingual #xl8 #1nt #atanet

“I’ll be learning Polish for the rest of my life. I can’t say I’ve mastered it, but the same goes for English – I’ll be learning that forever too.” ALTA member Antonia Lloyd-Jones talks to Agnes Dudek at CULTURE.PL about translating from Polish: culture.pl/en/article/u...

If you haven't already, be sure to check out our interview with NBA award winners Gabriela Cabezón Cámara and longtime WWB contributor Robin Myers! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

1/2 Each year, hundreds of immigrants, refugees, and allies from Vancouver to Spokane travel to Olympia for Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day (IRAD) — meeting with legislators to demand healthcare access, fair benefits, and the right to live with dignity. #IRAD2026 #ImmigrantJustice #WAISN

📫 NOTIS recently sent a letter to Washington Governor Bob Ferguson about the ongoing #interpreter shortage in WA State and how it’s impacting #languageaccess. Let’s get this conversation moving! 🚦 Learn more: notisnet.org/resources/NO... #1nt

¡Feliz Día de la Interpretación! 🎧 Los intérpretes somos una pieza fundamental en todo proceso comunicativo entre culturas. 💚 Desde Asetrad ponemos en valor la labor de quienes interpretan en todas sus modalidades y contextos, y recordamos la enorme importancia del juicio profesional que aportan.

👉 This Thurs., 11/20, at Third Place Books 🔜 Natl. Book Award-winning translator Megan McDowell will sit down with @spencerruchti.bsky.social ( #ThirdPlaceBooks & the #CercadorPrize) to discuss her #translation of Mexican author Elena Garro. 💯 recommend‼️ www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/jazmin...

Just 1 more week till the winners are announced! 😬 Will Hamid Ismailov & Shelley Fairweather-Vega (tr.) win for We Computers? 🦾 Register to watch the Natl. Book Awards Ceremony (11/19, 8 pm EST) at: www.nationalbook.org/awards2025/ @nationalbook.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @atanet.org #xl8

🤦 Did you miss our fall newsletter? The tens of photos 📸, the practice group invite 📫, the big news 🤩? Not to worry! You can still catch it all (and catch up) today at notisnet.org/resources/Em... #xl8 #1nt #NWLinguists

🤦 Did you miss our fall newsletter? The tens of photos 📸, the practice group invite 📫, the big news 🤩? Not to worry! You can still catch it all (and catch up) today at notisnet.org/resources/Em... #xl8 #1nt #NWLinguists

💙 LOVE a small press that loves literature in #translation!

Just 1 more week till the winners are announced! 😬 Will Hamid Ismailov & Shelley Fairweather-Vega (tr.) win for We Computers? 🦾 Register to watch the Natl. Book Awards Ceremony (11/19, 8 pm EST) at: www.nationalbook.org/awards2025/ @nationalbook.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @atanet.org #xl8

Kay Heikkinen on the Continuing Relevance of Radwa Ashour’s ‘Granada’ Radwa Ashour's complete Granada trilogy finally came out in English late last year from AUC Press in Kay Heikkenen's translation. Kay spoke about her translation at the book's online launch event in November. Here, in…

Another artful translation by NOTIS Board Member Kay Heikkinen! 👏👏👏

My latest #WITMonth review looks at Huzama Habayeb’s 'Before the Queen Falls Asleep' (translated by Kay Heikkinen, review copy courtesy of MacLehose Press): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/b...

Join us on Saturday, Dec. 6, for the 16th annual Healthy for the Holidays! This is a free educational event for cancer survivors, patients, caregivers, and family. Register now: https://bit.ly/49zNscY

The 85-page Slator AI Dubbing Report analyzes the market dynamics, market size, and buyer intentions of AI dubbing.

🎶 NEW BLOG: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏🔖 notisnet.org/Blog/13556878 🎶 This week on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑡, we’re featuring an article by 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻-𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹, of Vancouver, WA, who translates songs and poems into English from German, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian! 🤹‍♂️ #xl8 #NOTIS

🚀 Where is your interpreting career headed? The Global Workforce Survey report offers benchmarks, trends, and insights to guide your growth. ✨ Start with the Executive Summary today: https://cchicertification.org/uploads/CCHI_ExecutiveSummary_GlobalWorkforceSurveyHCI_Report-2025.pdf

Our friends at NW Justice Project put together this list of events, galas, Pow wows, artist markets, and film screenings in WA State to attend throughout Native American Heritage Month! Check it out! nwjustice.org/article/2064

🤖 Tomorrow AM, Nov. 8: 𝙀𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙄, a NOTIS webshop led by Édgar Hidalgo García! ⏰ Last chance to register: notisnet.org/event-6254782 📨 - ✅ 3 each CEUs from @atanet.org, WA AOC, OJD, CIMCE 🎟️ $55 members, 98 nonmembers #1nt #AI #interpreting #xl8

Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings: www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n... | NPR (11/5/25) | By Kristin Wright . . . #LanguageAccess #Government #ASL #Interpreter #ASL #WhiteHouse #Language #Communication #1nt #atanet

🎤 Happening soon! Don't miss the ALTA48 Keynote Address with Karen Emmerich, held 10:45am - 12:00pm in Sabino-Pima (1st floor of the conference hotel). We look forward to seeing you there! Learn more about Karen Emmerich here: buff.ly/tFNLxMg

🤖 ✍️ "At a time when #translators are facing unprecedented challenges in the face of #AI, a new @ox.ac.uk graduate course will explore and celebrate translation as a creative endeavour in which the role of the #human will always remain essential." Read on! ⤵️

This Saturday: Hmong New Year at the Seattle Center! 🎊 seattlecenter.com/events/featu...

Official launch of the journal Feminist Translation Studies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rft...) on 4 December. Join us for a lively discussion with some of the contributors so far. Please register here tinyurl.com/FTSLaunchEvent to receive a Zoom link. Everybody welcome! @tandfresearch.bsky.social

⏰ Last chance to register 🔜 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, with 𝙔𝙫𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙤𝙣! ⏳ Nov. 3, 6–8 p.m. PT 💻 Online 📥 RSVP soon 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6170483 ✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, AOC, @atanet.org, @cchicertify.bsky.social & IMIA/NBCMI #1nt #xl8 #interpreterethics

Useful page from @atanet.org (AKA the American Translators Association): www.atanet.org/client-assis...

AI Can Probably Do Some of Your Work Tasks. That Doesn't Mean It Can Do Your Job: www.cnet.com/tech/service... | CNET (09/01/25) | By Jon Reed . . . #Ai #Translator #Interpreter #Language #LanguageServices #xl8 #1nt #atanet

⏰ Last chance to register 🔜 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, with 𝙔𝙫𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙨𝙤𝙣! ⏳ Nov. 3, 6–8 p.m. PT 💻 Online 📥 RSVP soon 🔗 notisnet.org/event-6170483 ✅ CEUs: WA DSHS, AOC, @atanet.org, @cchicertify.bsky.social & IMIA/NBCMI #1nt #xl8 #interpreterethics