CONTENTS January/February 2017 Volume XLVI Number 1 19 FEATURES Call for Nominations: ATA Officers and Directors 8 Do you know someone who would make a good potential candidate for ATA's Board of Directors? Here's your chance to help shape the future of the Association! Spider Marketing: How to Get Clients to Come to You It's not that going out and selling yourself is never worthwhile, but it's possible, and even quite likely, to spend lots of time and energy on it with little or no result. 20 2016 ATA Honors and Awards Recipients 12 This year's recipients are... Why Ergonomics Matters to Professional Translators Cover: 2016 Lewis Galantière Award Recipient Katrina Dodson (left) with ATA Honors and Awards Committee Chair Lois Feuerle Most translators probably associate the term "ergonomics" with office chairs and keyboards. While these factors are all relevant, there is a much broader definition. ADVERTISING DIRECTORY 15 35 Central Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov/careers 36 National Security Agency www.NSA.gov/Careers Feedback: Going Beyond "That Was Great" Giving feedback is not just a matter of half-listening and then telling your practice partner, "Yeah, that was great." Practicing with a partner or in groups involves not only giving feedback to others, but learning to accept their feedback. COLUMNS 8 17 12 Rika Mitrik Educates Future Clients and Bilingual Children, Wins 2016 School Outreach Contest Knowing that she had to adapt the content of her presentation to the short attention span of three- to five-year-olds, this year's School Outreach winner used a role-play exercise and some interactive activities to explain the difference between translation and interpreting. Connect with ATA 2 4 5 5 6 7 23 25 28 30 31 32 From the President From the President-Elect ATA Social Media Letters to the Editor From the Executive Director Outreach Report Knotty Translations Our World of Words Business Practices Interpreters Forum New Certified Members Resource Review Looking for Member News and Humor and Translation? These columns and more can now be found in the Chronicle-Online edition: www.atanet.org/chronicle-online! www.atanet.org www.facebook.com/ AmericanTranslatorsAssociation www.twitter.com/atanet www.linkedin.com http://bit.ly/ATA-youtube http://bit.ly/GooglePlusATAhttp://www.cia.gov/careers http://www.NSA.gov/Careers http://www.atanet.org/chronicle-online http://www.facebook.com/AmericanTranslatorsAssociation http://www.atanet.org http://www.facebook.com/AmericanTranslatorsAssociation http://www.twitter.com/atanet http://www.linkedin.com http://www.bit.ly/GooglePlusATA http://www.bit.ly/ATA-youtube