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One of those days

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:26. August 2021
Post category:Buddy Gator English hard work
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I don't know how your summer is going. Maybe you're off on holiday, getting away from it all (good for you!). But maybe you have to work, or there are…

The hidden Olympic discipline

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:12. August 2021
Post category:English interpretation Olympics remote interpreting RSI
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Or at least one of Olympic proportions... Because without it, this international event would not have been as widely followed (or even known, in all likelihood). Of course, I'm talking…

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We made it

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:30. July 2021
Post category:English holidays summer
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It's official: We have made it through this school year and summer holidays are finally here. While there is always some up and down throughout any school year, this one…

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Preparing

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:15. July 2021
Post category:downtime English machine translation preparation professional translation translation
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I recently read an article about Preparing Translations for Emergency Situations. While the focus was on natural disasters like wildfires and hurricanes in the USA and making sure that the…

What is localization…

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:1. July 2021
Post category:English localization professional translation
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...as opposed to "regular" translation?This is a question my students often ask me, and although the concept is clear in my head, it's not that easy to explain. Basically, it's…

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Your prioritization ninja

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:4. June 2021
Post category:CPD English ninja prioritization
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If you've been in this business for a while and/or if you're as much into CPD as I am, you probably have come across Jenae Spry of Success by Rx…

The downside of the upside of these times

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:20. May 2021
Post category:Covid-19 English networking Online online meetings
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Which one, you might ask. To be sure, there are lots of things that pesky virus has made worse, impossible etc. which I won't start to list here. You know…

Feedback for consec practice

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:6. May 2021
Post category:Consecutive interpretation English interpretation practice techforword technology for interpreting
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During last week's mock conference I recorded myself in order to listen to and evaluate my performance. While this is fairly easy to do for simultaneous interpreting (if you have…

Meet Count Smorltalk

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:22. April 2021
Post category:English interpretation interpreting Note-taking
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A little while ago I came across an absolutely wonderful blog called InterpreterSoapbox. It is a blog about interpreting, translation and multilingualism, created and edited by Monika Kokoszycka. There are…