Portuguese Language Division - PLD

American Translators Association

10th Annual Spring Meeting

 Providence Courtyard by Marriott

Providence, Rhode Island

Friday & Saturday, April 16-17, 2004  

  ANNOUNCEMENT

The Portuguese Language Division of the American Translators Association is pleased to announce its 10th Annual Spring Meeting, to take place on April 16^th and 17^th, 2004 at the Courtyard by Marriott, in beautiful downtown Providence.  

Did you know...

... that Portuguese is the second most spoken language in the state of Rhode Island and third in the state of Massachusetts?

... that it takes only one hour to drive across the entire state of Rhode Island, as well as from Boston to Providence?

... that New England boasts the largest concentration of Brazilian, Cape Verdean and Portuguese immigrants in the U.S.?

... that approximately 100,000 Brazilians live in the Boston metro area alone?

... that some large hospitals in the Boston area have staffs of 5 to 6 full-time medical interpreters working exclusively with Portuguese?

... that Newport, RI (a 40-min drive from Providence) was the first “resort city” in America, founded in 1639?   

... that Teresa Heinz Kerry was born in Mozambique, that Portuguese is the first of her six languages and that she started dating her husband, Sen. John Kerry from Mass., at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio?

You will learn that and much more in Providence–New England’s “Renaissance City”–during the 10th Spring Meeting of the ATA Portuguese Language Division. 

Our best networking opportunity of the year is just two months away!  

Our program will include:

Friday April 16th

·    Português sem Mestre Ilha Fantástica da L(USA)lândia – Prof. Onésimo T.  Almeida, Brown University   

·   The Portuguese-Speaking Community in New England and the State of the Market for Translators and Interpreters – a round-table with several organizations

·   Grammar Games II – The Return – a fun way to polish your grammar and spelling, with Vera Abreu, following her hit session in 2002 in Santa Fe

·   Pairing off the U.S. and Brazilian Judiciary Systems – a Viable Courtship? Enéas Theodoro, legal interpreter and translator in Tucson, AZ

     Saturday April 17th

·   Meus 12 Anos como Micro-Empresário de Tradução nos EUA -  Carlos Lück, translation company co-owner and professor at University of Southern Maine

·   Modismos do Português Brasileiro Moderno – Sandra Schamas, from São Paulo, back by popular demand   

·   Challenges in Medical Interpreting: Talking to Patients of Different Nationalities – Zarita Araújo-Lane, company owner, lecturer and trainer in Boston  

·   Gestão de Tempo para Freelancers - Sandra Schamas (to be confirmed)

  Friday Night – Jantar de Confraternização

·   “O Madeira” restaurant in Providence – 5 minutes from our hotel

·   Delicious Portuguese food with a fixed price menu

·   Click here to download the reservation form.   

Our presenters, in alphabetical order:

• Vera Abreu, freelance translator and localizer, former PLD administrator and former editor of the PLData newsletter 

• Onésimo T. Almeida, Ph.D. Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI

• Zarita Araujo-Lane, President, Cross Cultural Communication Institute (CCCS),Winchester, MA – translator, interpreter, consultant and trainer

• J.R. Dryer – State Dept. contract interpreter and developer of educational programs serving the Portuguese-speaking community in Boston

• Gregory Figaro, founder and director of CultureSmart Trainers and Consultants, Milton Village, MA – trainer in interpreting and cultural competency

• Carlos Lück, Ph.D., co-owner of The Brazilian Connection and associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern Maine

• Paulo Pinto, Executive Director of MAPS (Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers), Cambridge, MA, a community-based organization providing health and human services to Portuguese speakers in eastern Massachusetts since 1970.   

• Sandra Schamas, lecturer, author, translator and teacher from São Paulo   

• Enéas Theodoro Jr., freelance legal translator and interpreter in Tucson, AZ – author of “The Legal Corner” in the PLData newsletter.

    For reservations, please call the Courtyard by Marriott directly at (888) 887-7955 or (401) 272-1191. Please mention "ATA Portuguese Language Division" to get our group rate of $109.00. This group rate will be available until 3/17/04.

Hotel information: http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage/PVDDT   

Providence attractions:  http://www.providenceri.com/home.html

Newport attractions: www.gonewport.com/whattodo/attractions.htm  

    Registration Information:  

         Click here to download the registration form.

“Early Bird” Registration Fees (by March 17, 2004)

PLD Members          $140.00

Non-PLD Members    $175.00

Regular Registration Fees (cut-off date April 9, 2004):

PLD Members          $170.00

Non-PLD Members    $200.00

One-Day-Only Registration Fees

PLD Members           $ 90.00

Non-PLD Members    $110.00

For further information, please contact:

Tereza Braga, PLD Administrator – terezab@sbcglobal.net

Arlene Kelly, PLD Assistant Administrator – xingukelly@aol.com

PLData newsletter – www.pldata.net/Newsletter_PLD/PLData_Latest_Issue.pdf