European English
This is not new, but still good: The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which…
What really motivates us
This is really interesting - and true! RSA Animate-Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us from The RSA on Vimeo. Of course, I'm not saying we all need to…
Zitat des Tages – Quote of the day
Worry is wasting today's time to clutter up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's troubles.
The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling
Mark Twain's remarks about the irregularities and irrationality of spelling in the English language. ADDRESS AT THE DINNER GIVEN TO MR. CARNEGIE AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW YORK ENGINEERS' CLUB,…
Honorable mention
Yeah - I made it into a blog post by two wonderful colleagues! (In case you don't know, I ride motorcycles.) Slowly but surely, I am becoming known... ;)
Invoicing, discounts etc. for certified translations
Dear fellow sworn translators and interpreters. Most of you have probably been in this situation before: a customer, a private person, wants to get married to someone from another country,…
Translation3 virtual conferences | ProZ.com
Translation3 virtual conferences | ProZ.com Check it out! I participated last year and it was really great. The virtual part is actually not strange at all, it's almost like a…
The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations
How freelancers (and especially translators) are treated
The difficulties of English spelling
Got this from another Blogger's page, but it's so great, I just had to share it, too.
My digital identity – The Online Identity Calculator
A fellow blogger (LN Sabadosa) pointed this interesting little tool out, and of course I immediately tried it to see how I fared. Here's the result: Congratulations. You are digitally…