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ATA Honors and Awards
Rising Star Award
Céline Browning
C
éline Browning is the
recipient of the 2021 ATA
Rising Star Award, which
recognizes an early-career translator,
interpreter, or entity that has already
" made a mark " on ATA and is seen
as having great potential to positively
impact ATA and the language
professions in the future.
Browning has played a leadership
role in ATA's Japanese Language
Division (JLD) for the past five years,
most recently as the division's
administrator. Despite having an
incredibly heavy workload as a highly
sought-after interpreter, she has
worked tirelessly to offer division
members opportunities to meet,
connect, support each other, and
grow together. She has organizing
regular webinars and virtual coffee
hours and reached out to other
translation organizations to crosspollinate
and build connections. Her
efforts have truly made a mark on
the division, our Association, and our
professional community.
Browning has a master's degree
in conference interpreting from the
Middlebury Institute of International
Studies at Monterey. Browning
provides translation, interpreting,
and cultural consulting for all
matters involving the Japanese
language. She is also a contract
interpreter with the U.S. Department
of State.
Dynamo Award
Shymaa Ebrahim
hymaa Ebrahim is the recipient
of the 2021 ATA Dynamo Award,
which recognizes a person or
entity that has worked in a particularly
energetic way to benefit ATA and/or the
language professions.
S
Ebrahim is committed to supporting
and promoting ATA's Arabic Language
Division (ALD) through a wide range
of activities. She is the social media
coordinator on ALD's Leadership
Council, managing the division's social
media platforms on Twitter, Facebook,
and Instagram. Every month, she creates
a social media calendar with posts
that she reviews with the division's
administrator. The goal of these posts
is to raise awareness about ATA's role
as a professional entity for professional
translators and interpreters,
encouraging more Arabic professional
translators and interpreters to join
ATA, and highlighting enrichment and
development opportunities available in
ATA for members and non-members.
Her goal is to make the calendar fun,
informative, and inspiring for beginners
and professionals alike.
And she does all this while holding
down a full-time job as a cultural affairs
specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait,
managing professional and academic
exchange programs for professionals,
academics, and students. She also has an
impressive track record interpreting for
U.S. government officials.
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Mentoring Award
Ibrahim Alkhaldi
I
brahim Alkhaldi is the recipient of
the 2021 ATA Mentoring Award,
which recognizes a person or
entity that has provided outstanding
mentoring to the next generation of
translators and interpreters, either
through ATA's Mentoring Program or
another channel.
Alkhaldi is a professional
translator, interpreter, and linguist
who has worked in the U.S., China,
France, the United Arab Emirates,
and more than 40 other countries. He
is an ATA-certified English>Arabic
translator and is certified by the
Certification Commission for
Healthcare Interpreters. He is an
experienced international conference,
trade show, and meeting planner. He
has a BA in the arts.
Alkhaldi dedicates much of his time
to help other colleagues, whether it's
answering questions about ethics in
the medical field or helping solve a
complex translation issue. His passion
for improving and learning makes
him a great professional capable of
understanding, appreciating, and
interacting with people from cultures
or belief systems different from his
own. He understands the importance
of sharing his knowledge. Only then,
he says, can we demand better work
conditions and find our real value
among clients.
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