Scottish historian Neil Oliver has written an open letter to the people of Scotland, setting out his position on the Independence Referendum. I’m publishing extracts from
First of all, a warning to readers. I normally try to keep this blog a-political and to focus mainly on language issues. However, I feel
As you’re probably aware (you certainly will be if you live in Scotland or one of the other UK countries!), on 18 September people on
I’ve been very busy recently, with not much time to post here. But today I came across a radio programme that I can share (quickly!)
A guest post today, from someone starting out in their translation career. Kathleen Clegg is just completing her Masters at Glasgow University, and kindly agreed
“Words to good effect” is one of the winning language blogs in the Top 25 Language Professionals Blogs 2014 competition organised by LexioPhiles and bab.la. We came third, and
If you take part in outreach activities, or if people ever ask you the difference between translators and interpreters, and what they actually do, then
In the comments to one of my recent posts about translators’ rates and pay, translator Kevin Hendzel mentioned a speech by Neil Inglis, a translator with
Today, 2 June, is the Festa della Repubblica, Italy’s National Day. So for my Italian readers (and everyone else too!) here’s a song from Naples performed – in the Neapolitan dialect – by
Voting is now open for the Top 100 Language Professional Blogs 2014 competition organised by LexioPhiles and bab.la, for which we’ve been nominated in the “Language