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Beyond Manuals of Style
24 June 2020 @ 12:00 - 13:00
Beyond Manuals of Style
| Presenter: | Daniel Soria | |
| Date: | June 24, 2020 | |
| Time: | 12:00 noon EDT | |
| Duration: | 60 minutes | |
| Language: | Presented in Spanish | |
| Level: | Intermediate, Advanced | |
| CE Point(s): | 1 |
This webinar will be presented in Spanish.
A good manual of style is a critical tool for a translator. It can ensure consistency across a translation, answer questions about formatting, and resolve issues of punctuation and capitalization—all saving time, and probably money, in the editing stage.
But how do you know which style manual to use? And what about scientific and legal texts that have specific rules?
Attend this webinar for key resources and tools to learn how to select, use, and even compile your own manual of style to increase your productivity. You’ll also learn how to apply style rules when working with complex texts and address style requirements from specific clients. Examples will be provided to solve challenging scenarios.
What will you learn?
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- How to select from recognized Spanish manuals of style.
- How to use manuals of style for your best productivity.
- How to compile a manual of style to fit a specific need.
- How to apply rules in a manual of style when working with complex texts.
- How to address style requirements for a specific client.
About the presenter
Daniel Soria is an editor, teacher, and writer. He has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a master’s degree in philosophy, with a concentration in epistemology, from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Daniel specializes in the use of the American Psychological Association Style guide, which he teaches in Lima, Peru.
The above information is quoted from https://www.atanet.org/webinars/ataWebinar217_beyond_manuals_of_style.php
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our calendar was temporarily suspended due to the cancellation and postponement of all kinds of meetings and events worldwide with the growing challenges brought on by the increasing spread of COVID-19. Our translation calendar will be published again soon.