Out of kilter: confusing times for translators
One of my first ever posts, “Translators’ time-warp“, was about the confusion that arises when you work with clients in different time zones and with
One of my first ever posts, “Translators’ time-warp“, was about the confusion that arises when you work with clients in different time zones and with
Do you ever get annoyed with your clients’ manners? I often do, for example when they don’t acknowledge, far less thank me for, a translation
What do you think of the Oxford English Dictionary’s choice of “selfie” as Word of the Year for 2013? I’m not mad about the word
Twitter can be a great source of inspiration for blog posts. I spent some time this afternoon looking at Italian websites for a project I
Today is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg address, delivered by Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863. Cordelia (aka Dilly or Dill) Ditton, a Glasgow-based
Small-business owners and freelancers talk, and worry, a lot about pricing: how to charge a decent rate without frightening potential clients away. Price is certainly
If you’re interested in fonts, and especially if you don’t like Arial but do like having your prejudices confirmed, you might enjoy a couple of
Do you have a favourite font for on-screen work? Or do certain fonts hurt your eyes the minute you open the file? I’ve been working
Today is apparently National Burger Day. For those of us more interested in words than in food (who am I kidding?), here’s the etymology of
Gary Muddyman of Conversis has written an interesting blog post – Is Britain becoming a nation of monoglots? – on the decline in language learning in