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Northwest Translators & Interpreters Society (NOTIS)
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Regional Chapter of the American Translators Association and forum for translators, interpreters, and other language professionals in and beyond the Pacific NW | Visibility, advocacy, community | ➡️ notisnet.org
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🤦 Did you miss our fall newsletter? The tens of photos 📸, the practice group invite 📫, the big news 🤩? Not to worry! You can still catch it all (and catch up) today at notisnet.org/resources/Em... #xl8 #1nt #NWLinguists
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🎶 NEW BLOG: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏🔖 notisnet.org/Blog/13556878 🎶

This week on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑡, we’re featuring an article by 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻-𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹, of Vancouver, WA, who translates songs and poems into English from German, Hungarian, Romanian, and Russian! 🤹‍♂️ #xl8 #NOTIS
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November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Our friends at NW Justice Project put together this list of events, galas, Pow wows, artist markets, and film screenings in WA State to attend throughout Native American Heritage Month! Check it out! nwjustice.org/article/2064
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🤖 Tomorrow AM, Nov. 8: 𝙀𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙄, a NOTIS webshop led by Édgar Hidalgo García! ⏰ Last chance to register: notisnet.org/event-6254782 📨
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✅ 3 each CEUs from @atanet.org, WA AOC, OJD, CIMCE
🎟️ $55 members, 98 nonmembers
#1nt #AI #interpreting #xl8
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🫣 NOTIS takes on Dracula! 🧛🏼 Join your colleagues on Mon., Oct. 27, for a journey into the shadowy world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, where gothic romance meets chilling suspense, at Renton Civic Theatre! ✅ RSVP at notisnet.org/event-6384464 🦇
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Today, we celebrate International Translation Day! 🎊
In these tumultuous times, human translators & interpreters offer trust and reconciliation. 🙌 The 2025 ITD theme is: "Translation, shaping a future you can trust."
— @fiteurope.bsky.social 🫶 Read more 🔗
en.fit-ift.org/internationa...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🏅 SPONSOR FEATURE 🏅 Our heartfelt gratitude to 𝗦𝗢𝗦𝗶, #NOTIS2025 Gold Sponsors! 🤩 SOSi is actively seeking skilled #interpreters & #translators. If you’re passionate about bridging language barriers and making a meaningful impact, learn how to apply at: www.sosi.com/freelance/ 🙏 #1nt #xl8
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September 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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💎 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT 💎 Three cheers for Universal Language Service, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors! 🙏

A "leading provider of #1nt and #xl8 services, trusted by healthcare, govt, and businesses nationwide," ULS is hiring #freelanceinterpreters, bilingual CSRs, etc. Details at ulsonline.net 👀
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September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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💎 SPONSOR FEATURE 💎 A huge thanks to 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗙𝗦𝗘/𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗖𝗠𝗘, #NOTIS2025 DIAMOND Sponsors!

The only legally recognized interpreters union in WA State, WFSE serves "the many, not the few"—and their support means the world to all of us. Thank you, WFSE! 🙏
ℹ️ interpretersunited.wfse.org #1nt
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September 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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👋 Thank you to everyone who stepped up—in person and behind the scenes—to make #NOTIS2025 an extraordinary success! 🚀 To our members, presenters, sponsors, and volunteers: We would be utterly adrift without you 🛟
ℹ️ notisnet.org/NOTIS-2025 #xl8 #NOTIS #1nt #NWLinguists #LanguageAccess
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September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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👋 Literary translators! Join our colleagues at Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI) *online* on Saturday, Sept. 20, for "The Nuts and Bolts of Literary Translation." 🙌
💁‍♀️ Details at catiweb.org/september-20...
(NOTE: the listed event time is in EDT)
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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⏰ Register for #NOTIS2025 by Monday, September 8‼️ You won't want to miss what these incredible speakers have to offer for #translators and #interpreters of all stripes! For more exciting details — and to secure your spot — visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🙌
September 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Oh no 😯 Registration for NOTIS's popular annual conference ends Monday, Sept. 8! ⏰

To learn about our knowledgeable & inspiring ✨ #NOTIS2025 speakers, the dynamic sessions they'll lead, and how to secure your spot, visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🦀

#1nt #xl8 @atanet.org @cchicertify.bsky.social 🙏
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🎉 A hearty "hurrah" for #NOTIS2025 Keynote Speaker Dr. Devin Gilbert — dedicated scholar, teacher, and practitioner of T&I! "I'm very excited to share a defense of being human and nerd out on terminology & interpreting ethics," he says. The feeling is mutual. 💯 Register at NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 ⏰
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September 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Make haste! ⏰ Registration for NOTIS's popular annual #conference ends on Monday, September 8! ⚠️

🧐 To read about our smart 💡 AND talented ✨ #NOTIS2025 speakers, the dynamic sessions they'll lead, and how to secure your spot, visit NOTISnet.org/NOTIS-2025 🦀

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September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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💙 Register now for #NOTIS2025 — the foremost conference for T&I professionals in the Pacific NW — where you'll learn, connect, inspire (and BE inspired) alongside the best in the business! 💫 Visit notisnet.org/NOTIS-2025 for more exciting details! Early-bird rates apply! 🪱 #1nt #xl8 🙏 @atanet.org
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July 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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🌤️ Join NOTIS on Sat., Aug. 8, for our 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰 & 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 — the ideal opportunity to connect with colleagues and friends over drinks, snacks, fun, and games 🎯

Please bring a dish for the 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸 and consider entering the cooking contest! 🧑‍🍳 Info + RSVP: notisnet.org/event-6016969 📥
July 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🎊 NOTIS is NOW taking applications for our next round of conference grants — designed to help up to 10 of our #members attend a T&I conference of their choosing (examples below 🧵) with considerable financial support from NOTIS 💸 Learn more at notisnet.org/2025-Confere... #xl8 #1nt 💙
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July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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🤗 Hey, members! 📻 STAY TUNED tomorrow, July 1, for an exciting announcement from NOTIS ⚡️

#xl8 #1nt #NOTIS #NWlinguists
June 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Lately on the blog (ICYMI) 🔖 4 poems by 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒂 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒂, translated from Romanian by UW Professor & Northwest Literary Translator 𝑰𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏 🫧 Read all 4 translations, the Romanian originals, and the authors' bios on the NW Linguist Blog 🔗 notisnet.org/Blog/13490556 #xl8 #literarytranslation
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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On May 31, NOTIS's Legal Division presents—STAYING IN YOUR LANE: SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR COURT INTERPRETERS—a legal *webinar* with Melinda Gonzalez-Hibner! 🤩 Register today and earn valuable *ETHICS* CEUs:
notisnet.org/event-6122334 #1nt ✅
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May 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Join NOTIS's NW Literary Translators for ➡️ A RUSSIAN COMIC TRANSLATION SLAM 💥 on Wed. June 4 at Folio (downtown Seattle)! This year, 4* intrepid translators battle over an excerpt of a 2009 #comic by Russian artist Lena Uzhinova. $5 members, $15 nonmembers. Details at notisnet.org/event-6133341 🧵1/2
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May 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM