Category: Life and work and everything else

Marketing? Some boy telephoned…

…and he’s wishing he hadn’t. The phone rang. I answered. Me: Hello, Marian Dougan speaking. Caller (male): Hello, can I speak to the Managing Director?

Spreading the language love (1)

If you work with language and love your job, one way to share your enthusiasm is to take part in career days or simply talk

Teaching the language love

A number of recent articles in the UK and US press point to a lively interest in foreign language learning and teaching that isn’t necessarily

Love your job and tweet about it? Take part in our poll

One of the things I like about Twitter (and there are lots) is that nearly all the translators I follow there seem to love their

Not a political blog – but tomorrow we vote

This isn’t a political blog but the following two articles are well-written and worth reading. Johann Hari (an award-winning journalist who writes twice-weekly for the

The “K” word on Twitter

One of the things I love about Twitter is the way it puts you in touch with interesting people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. It’s always

Serendipity and the scents of war

I wrote the other day about scent, as one of my favourite words (serendipity’s another). Scent isn’t a word you’d normally associate with the war

Fit for…

I had a bad cold last week and had to miss my exercise classes and walks (I’ve given up jogging as it’s murder on my

Easter, at last

Well, that’s the first quarter of 2010 out of the way and I for one am not sad to see it go. Not a week

Let it snow

Wintry scenes from in and around our garden. Taken by my daughter, Olivia. Even blasé teenagers get enthusiastic about snow! By Marian Dougan