Austin Welcomes Translation Agencies to Conference
McElroy Translation and Austin to Host Annual TCD-ATA Conference
Austin, Texas - April 2004 McElroy Translation, a member of the Translation Company Division (TCD) of the American Translators Association (ATA), is co-hosting the 5th Annual TCD Conference in Austin, Texas on July 8-11, 2004.
The Translation Company Division (TCD) of the American Translators Association (ATA) announces its 5th Annual Conference, to be held in Austin, Texas, July 8-11, 2004. This event is tailored to the needs and concerns of translation company owners and managers. The venue will be the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, a dedicated and intimate conference facility located downtown in the heart of the "Live Music Capital of the World" and near the 6th Street entertainment district.
McElroy Operations Manager Kim Vitray serves as Assistant Administrator of the Division and co-chairs the conference organizing committee, and several other McElroy staff will also participate in the event. “The TCD conference is a unique opportunity for translation company executives to meet and discuss industry issues,” says Vitray. “There will also be a wide variety of educational presentations by industry experts on translation tools, localization processes and global market expansion.”
A highlight of the conference will be the keynote address, given by Renato Beninatto of Common Sense Advisory. “Mr. Beninatto is a recognized localization industry authority, and we are extremely pleased to be bringing him to Austin,” says General Manager Shelly Orr Priebe, who is also presenting at the conference.
For more information about this conference contact , TCD Administrator and VP of Operations at McElroy Translation in Austin, Texas.
About the TCD-ATA
The Translation Company Division represents the several hundred translation companies nationwide who are corporate members of the American Translators Association. The ATA, founded in 1959, is the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the U.S., with more than 9,000 members in more than 60 countries.
