Ted Crump was born in Idaho. He studied Russian at DLI in Monterey, and works in all the Slavic and Germanic languages (except Icelandic). He is head of the Translation Office at the National Institutes of Health, where he has worked for 25 years. He is a life and honorary member of the American Translators Association. He served on the ATA Board of Directors and edited Capital Translator and the ATA Chronicle. He is the author of Translations in the Federal Government 1985 and Translation and Interpretation in the Federal Government (ATA, 2002). His cartoon series "Great Moments in Languages" appeared in the Capital Translator over two decades. He is also a bass-baritone singer and will appear in recital June 10, 2005 in collaboration with the soprano Deborah Sternberg presenting art songs and arias in several languages.

Ted can be reached at tedcrump@comcast.net.

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