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These columns and more can now be 18 found in the Chronicle-Online edition: www.atanet.org/chronicle-online! Connect www.facebook.com/ www.atanet.org with ATA AmericanTranslatorsAssociation www.twitter.com/atanet www.linkedin.com http://bit.ly/ATA-youtube http://bit.ly/GooglePlusATA FROM THE PRESIDENT-ELECT TED R. WOZNIAK [email protected] Orleans than just the French Quarter. Here’s some information about Outside the Here’s some information about the “Other” New Orleans to help you plan the “Other” New Orleans to help French Quarter: your visit during ATA59. (See the box you plan your visit during ATA59. on page 5 for links.) First, 2018 marks New Orleans’ The “Other” Tricentennial, so there will be celebratory events throughout the year. of Marie Leveau, the renowned voodoo New Orleans Several infrastructure projects have been priestess. You can only enter No. 1 with launched to make the city even more a registered tour operator, but the other th ATA’s 59 Annual Conference is inviting. A number of green spaces in cemeteries don’t charge admission. set for October 24–27, 2018, in the city have been improved, a new Cemetery No. 2, located three blocks terminal is scheduled to open at the from Cemetery No. 1, was consecrated New Orleans, Louisiana. Louis Armstrong Airport in February, in 1823 and is the resting place of and work has begun on a $6 million many early jazz musicians and notable lanning for ATA59 is well renovation of the French Quarter New Orleanians from the 19th century. underway. Distinguished speakers surface and underground infrastructure, Cemetery No. 3 is located about two have been invited to submit P including converting some sections to miles from the French Quarter, and the proposals, and session proposals for a pedestrian zones. tombs there are generally more ornate variety of languages and specializations Before I can tell you what’s outside are coming in on pace with last year. than in No. 1 or 2. the French Quarter, you should know Speakers come from all over the world The Audubon Aquarium of the to share their experience and expertise where it is. “The Quarter” as locals call Americas is located about five blocks with attendees. ATA59 is shaping up it, comprises a roughly 14 x 6 block from the New Orleans Marriott on to be another great conference for area bordering the Mississippi River the river. The 400,000-gallon Gulf professional translators and interpreters that’s the oldest section of New Orleans. of Mexico exhibit is home to 15,000 who want to hone their professional From the river on the south side, it aquatic animals, and you can also walk skills, stay abreast of changes in the extends north to Rampart Street (Louis through a 30-foot long Caribbean Reef profession, reunite with cherished Armstrong Park) and is bounded on the tunnel. Tickets are $29.95 plus tax. colleagues and make new acquaintances, east by Esplanade Avenue and on the Audubon Park, home to the Audubon and, of course, network with potential west by Canal Street. Our conference Zoo and Audubon Nature Institute, clients. If you need some inspiration, hotel, the New Orleans Marriott, is is located in the Garden District. In visit the ATA58 homepage (www.atanet. located at the western edge of the addition to the thousands of animals in org/conf/2017) to see videos and photos French Quarter at 555 Canal Street.