| (8:00 am-12:00 pm) |
Iowa Judicial Branch Court Interpreters
Written Exam |
(Optional; requires
pre-registration and additional fee; click
here for details) |
DMACC Urban Campus, Betts Building, Room 129
(NOTE room change from earlier schedules) |
| 11:00 am-1:30 pm |
Registration (closes at 1:15 pm);
Lunch (pre-purchased lunch tickets or on your own) |
IITA Staff |
North Entrance, Bldg. 1, DMACC Urban Campus |
| 1:30-3:30 pm |
Optional Tours (free)
(Choose one:) |
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| Option 1 |
Tour of Iowa State Supreme Court Building |
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Leave from DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room
124 (carpool) |
| Option 2 |
Tour of Major Hospital / Medical Center |
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Leave from DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room
124 (carpool) |
| 3:30-3:50 pm |
Return to DMACC Urban Campus |
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(carpool) |
| 4:00-4:30 pm |
Keynote Address: Achieving T&I Bliss: A
Path to Success |
Marian S. Greenfield, President, American
Translators Association |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124/126 |
| 4:30-5:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: The State of
Interpretation and Translation in Iowa |
(Invited Panel TBA) |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124/126 |
| 5:00-6:30 pm |
Hors d'oeuvres Reception
Recognition of Iowa Interpreter Program Qualified Generalist Interpreters |
All Registered IITA Conference Participants
and Invited Guests |
Student Lounge, DMACC Urban Campus |
| Evening |
Enjoy the Des Moines Arts Festival! |
|
Downtown Des Moines |
| 7:30-8:15 am |
Registration (closes at 8:00 am); Continental Breakfast |
IITA Staff |
North Entrance and Student Lounge, Bldg. 1, DMACC Urban Campus |
| 8:15-8:30 am |
Opening remarks; "Housekeeping" |
Conference Staff |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124/126 |
| 8:30-9:50 am |
Plenary Session: Translating for the
Capital Markets |
Marian S. Greenfield, ATA |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Rooms 124/126 |
| 10:00-10:20 am |
"Book Break" / Networking Session |
InTrans Book Service |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1 |
| 10:30-11:20 am |
Conference Sessions
(Choose one:) |
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| Session 1 |
Sight Translation in Business and Financial
Sectors (General, with examples in Spanish and English) |
Rubén Arias-Pe |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124 |
| Session 2 (NOTE: This
presentation lasts until 12:00 pm) |
Court Security (General) NOTE: This
presentation lasts 90 minutes (10:30 am--12:00 pm) |
Kelly Palmer & Lorena P. Martin |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 126 |
| Session 3 |
Translating Business Documents with SDLX
(General, with examples in German and English) |
Jeana Clark |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 107 |
| 11:30 am-12:20 pm |
Conference Sessions
(Choose one:) |
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| Session 1 |
Lead Poisoning Terminology (General, with
examples in English and Spanish) |
Mindy K. Uhle |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124 |
| Session 2 (NOTE: This
session starts at 10:30 am and runs until 12:00 pm) |
Court Security (General) NOTE: This
presentation starts at 10:30 am and runs until 12:00 pm) |
Kelly Palmer & Lorena P. Martin |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 126 |
| Session 3 |
Stylistics Concerns in the Translation of
Biopharmeceutical Documents (General, with examples in English and German) |
Christian Schmitz |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 107 |
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12:30-1:20 pm (Feel free to bring your bag
lunch to these presentations) |
Conference Sessions (choose one:) |
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| Session 1, 12:30-1:20 pm |
Frame, Maxims
and other Interpreting Pitfalls |
Katherine A. Langan |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124 |
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Session 2, 12:30-1:20 pm |
Update on Iowa Court Interpreter Policies
|
John A. Goerdt |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 126 |
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Session 3, 12:30-1:20 pm |
Q&A about the American Translators Association
(ATA) and the Iowa Interpreters and Translators Association (IITA) |
Marian Greenfield, President
American Translators Association;
Michael J. Piper, President
Iowa Interpreters and Translators Association |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 107 |
| 1:30-2:20 pm |
Conference Sessions
(Choose one:) |
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| Session 1 |
Getting Down to Business (General) |
Colin Peterson |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124 |
| Session 2 |
The Iowa Interpreter Program
(IDLA / DMACC) (General) |
Rossany Brugger & Michael Piper |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 126 |
| Session 3 |
The ABC's of Child Support (General) |
Doris Taylor & Pauline Rutherford |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 107 |
| 2:30-2:50 pm |
"Book Break" / Networking Session |
InTrans Book Service |
Bldg. 1, DMACC Urban Campus |
| 3:00-4:20 pm |
Conference Sessions
(Choose one:) |
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| Session 1 |
Connecting Cultures, Inc.: Small Business,
Big Heart (General) |
Rashelle LeCaptain |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 124 |
| Session 2 |
Iowa's Multilingual Emergency Response
Network Needs You! (General) |
Loren Bawn & Colin Peterson |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 126 |
| Session 3 |
Translating Financial Statements from Around
the Spanish-Speaking World Into English (English/Spanish) |
Marian Greenfield |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Room 107 |
| 4:30-4:50 pm |
Closing Comments
Evaluations Raffle! |
IITA Staff |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Rooms 124/126 |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
IITA Annual Member Meeting and Elections |
All IITA Members |
DMACC Urban Campus, Bldg. 1, Rooms 124/126 |
| Evening |
Enjoy the Des Moines Arts Festival! |
|
Downtown Des Moines |
