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Oct. 17th, 2004 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesSo I went to the ATA conference in Toronto. General observations:
-I could live in Toronto. I don't like cities all that much, but I loved what I saw of Toronto.
-Standing up all day for three days in dress shoes I haven't worn in months is not a good way to make my feet happy.
-The ATSA conference was all about the presentations; the ATA conference was all about the people.
-I kept forgetting that $1 USD was $1.20 CAD.
-The Fox and Fiddle on John St. is a nice place for beer.
-The customs inspector on the way back into the US was slightly surprised when we handed him 13 passports from 5 countries.
-There is in fact such a thing as a French thesaurus, and I bought one.
-I also bought a $100 dictionary for $55 CAD.
-Having available internet connections in the exhibit hall was good. Unfortunately the e-mail I got was less so.
-Flamenco dancing has to be harder than it looks, but I wish I could do it.
-I got a fair bit of "Oh, you're a student? Oh. Well." when I was talking to people.
-OK, so I don't have any real translation experience. That doesn't mean I don't know anything about translating.
-There's a lot more market for accounting/financial/economic translation in any language than I thought there was.
-It rained. A lot.
-The PATH reminds me of the world's largest airport concourse for some reason. It did have a couple of good cafes, though.
-SDLX sounds like a better program than Trados. I'll have to try SDLX sometime soon.
-I drink entirely too much coffee at conferences, but it's free, so I drink it. I wonder how many pounds of coffee the conference went through?
-When in doubt, write it down. I know there are things I've forgotten because I didn't write them down at the time.
Now that I'm back in Kent again and more or less awake, I have to buy groceries. I hope it decides not to rain on me while I'm doing it. Today is the cold and grey variant of October.
-I could live in Toronto. I don't like cities all that much, but I loved what I saw of Toronto.
-Standing up all day for three days in dress shoes I haven't worn in months is not a good way to make my feet happy.
-The ATSA conference was all about the presentations; the ATA conference was all about the people.
-I kept forgetting that $1 USD was $1.20 CAD.
-The Fox and Fiddle on John St. is a nice place for beer.
-The customs inspector on the way back into the US was slightly surprised when we handed him 13 passports from 5 countries.
-There is in fact such a thing as a French thesaurus, and I bought one.
-I also bought a $100 dictionary for $55 CAD.
-Having available internet connections in the exhibit hall was good. Unfortunately the e-mail I got was less so.
-Flamenco dancing has to be harder than it looks, but I wish I could do it.
-I got a fair bit of "Oh, you're a student? Oh. Well." when I was talking to people.
-OK, so I don't have any real translation experience. That doesn't mean I don't know anything about translating.
-There's a lot more market for accounting/financial/economic translation in any language than I thought there was.
-It rained. A lot.
-The PATH reminds me of the world's largest airport concourse for some reason. It did have a couple of good cafes, though.
-SDLX sounds like a better program than Trados. I'll have to try SDLX sometime soon.
-I drink entirely too much coffee at conferences, but it's free, so I drink it. I wonder how many pounds of coffee the conference went through?
-When in doubt, write it down. I know there are things I've forgotten because I didn't write them down at the time.
Now that I'm back in Kent again and more or less awake, I have to buy groceries. I hope it decides not to rain on me while I'm doing it. Today is the cold and grey variant of October.
