Shelfie or no Shelfie
I just read a really interesting and entertaining column about the Shelfie in the latest MultiLingual magazine. I had never encountered the term before, and if you haven't, either, I…
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Tis the season…
... to wrap up another year that was quite different from what I had expected. ... to lock the office and not think about work for a few days. ...…
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A quick list for staying sane this season
There are two weeks left until school lets out for the Christmas holidays, and that's also when I am closing my office for two weeks. Until then, there are still…
Secure future
An incident involving a fight, someone who wanted to help, a gun, police, and machine translation (MT) recently made the rounds on several social media platforms. And it only came…
A frightened businessman shielding himself with his hands from the drawings of calendars and clocks on the grey wall. Business and time-management. Organizing and planning. Productivity and efficiency.
Ask and you shall receive
Probably the one thing most translators will agree on regardless of language combination, country or age is that clients always seem to want the translations done as quickly as possible,…
A package full of joy
If you've been following this blog, you know that I am always interested in new technology, ideas, and tricks that make the life of a translator and interpreter easier. You…
International Translation Day 2022
ITD 2022 Celebrating A World without Barriers: The Role of Language Professionals in Building Culture, Understanding and lasting Peace. (Theme for the XXII FIT World Congress and International Translation Day…
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Time out
If you tried to contact me these last few weeks, you'll know already - I was not available. I took all of August off. Yes. All of it. An entire…
Content Marketing for Translators
It's summertime and for many of us, this means less work and maybe also vacation time. This free time should of course be used to relax and reload in whatever…