Time to smell the flowers
Once a year, I take off with my motorcycle for a few days and meet with about 10 others on a mountain retreat, where we spend time meditating and riding…
Liaison interpreting in its purest form and maybe a new business idea
This week I had my first liaison interpreting assignment, accompanying a delegation from India during their visit to Germany and the Biofach exhibition in Nuremberg. While I have interpreted at…
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It’s a date
Have you ever wished there was a way to avoid sending inquiries to translators and interpreters who for whatever reason are not available when you need them? Wouldn't it be…
Unwanted distraction
Before there were languages in my life, there was music - which in itself is a language as well, as I'm well aware. So I guess taking the step from…
Proofreading anyone?
Being a translator also means that you have to proofread text. Usually your own, before you send it to the client, but sometimes also those of other translators. (To clarify,…
Winter Solstice
Poem for the Winter Solstice One morning you raise the east window blinds and there is the sun, hunched on the horizon, doing its best to break free, shunting aside…
Weekend!
I'm sure you've heard this one before: How does a freelancer define “weekend”? Two working days till Monday. Found here Wishing you a real weekend with time to relax and…
Did you know…
... that there is all sorts of useful information regarding translation and interpretation on the website of the German Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators, BDÜ? Seeing as how I…
Jewish to oddor sunteen?
Ever had to communicate with non-native English speakers? Here's a little something to brighten your weekend... The following is a telephone exchange between a hotel guest and room service at…