McElroy hosts annual ATA-Translation Company Division conference

On July 8-11, McElroy Translation hosted the 5th Annual Conference of the Translation Company Division (TCD) of the American Translators Association (ATA) in Austin, Texas. This event was tailored to the needs and concerns of translation company owners and managers, and had approximately 35 attendees from across the U.S. and even Israel and China. Session topics ranged from marketing for business growth to software localization testing to desktop publishing and project management in Asian languages to a demonstration of TRADOS’ new TeamWorks product. McElroy General Manager Shelly Orr Priebe presented “Sales Strategies for the Translation Industry,” and Operations Manager Kim Vitray presented “HR Basics for Translation Companies.” Kim also serves as Assistant Administrator of the Division and co-chaired the conference organizing committee.