Proteus Spring 2021

Proteus Fall / Winter 2020

Interpreters Everywhere

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Links of Interest

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For Better or Verse: Microchip vs. Blue chip

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Last Laugh

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How I Handled It

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" padding_top="50"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="17060" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]By Ernest Niño-Murcia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_separator type="transparent"][vc_separator type="transparent"][vc_separator type="transparent"][vc_column_text][Editor's Note: This feature explores how individual interpreters confronted difficult situations in their respective jurisdictions. When in doubt about a particular...

Cracking the Code: What’s that Word in your Language?

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Ask an Interpreter

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Management Change Announcement

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