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Reading Nataly Kelly's article "The Words We Use to Describe Ourselves" published in the October issue of the ATA Chronicle, I came across the neologism "interpretator", a hybrid of the…
Translators disrespected
Here's a good write-up on a situation most of us are familiar with, also called The Favor! You’re sitting at home (or at work) slaving over a translation when out…
How Not to Become a Translator
Since I am completely swamped with work, I thought I'd share Per N. Dohler's very interesting translator profile from the Translation Journal (Volume 7, No. 1, January 2003). Have fun…
BDÜ Conference in Berlin 2012
How to write a blog post about a conference? That's the question I'm asking myself right now. Not an easy task, methinks, since although short, it was packed: Two and…
Music & Language Revisited
The topic of the connection between music and language, which I have already talked about here, keeps coming up for some reason... Today, I came across this very interesting article…
The 13th Warrior
I apologize beforehand, but this is going to be a bit of a rant... Comments and differing views are of course welcome! ;) Source: Wikipedia I was watching the movie…
Music & Language
I read this article about natural translators and musicians a while ago, and it got me thinking. Being a musician myself and having started my musical education at the tender…
Taming the Dragon
Although I had been thinking about it off and on for quite a while now, I only recently decided to go ahead and purchase me - a Dragon. One reason…
How to judge the quality of your translation
Since I'm on a mini-vacation again this week, here's an excerpt from an excellent post from the myGengo blog on how to judge the quality of a translation: Before submitting…
Proofreading and editing
Aside from being a member of my professional association, the BDÜ, and the treasurer of the Bavarian chapter, I am also part of the editorial team of "Bayern Info", the…
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