In Vogue: shades of grey, parenting and fitness for busy people
I was looking through Vogue magazine last night, the British version, and a couple of articles caught my eye: one on “over-programmed” children whose days are
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Future-proofing the translation profession: watch the videos, take the survey
Back in July, the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL), the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Translation (DGT)
Something Understood: a radio programme about translation
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!)
Interpreters: what they do and how they do it
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
Craftsmanship: is it boring? Not for translators (the good ones, that is).
This advert for Leica cameras made me think of the translator’s craft. And the skill and work and care and honing and polishing that it
Getting credit for our website translations: A good thing, surely. Or maybe not?
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
Cracow Translation Days
If you’re enjoying the lovely summer weather we’re having here in (most of) the UK, then maybe a translation conference is the last thing on
Fee wizardry: a free online conversion tool
No, Dorothy, we’re in Kirkudbrightshire. And they use £ here (for now, anyway), not $ I spent a lot of time the other day (way
Measuring translation quality
Quality in translation is something that good translators have an instinctive feel for. But how do you measure translation quality? How do you define it? The
EU resources for translators, interpreters, writers, researchers…
A really useful message has just popped into my inbox from the Terminology Coordination Unit (TermCoord) at the European Parliament. Very timely, as I’ve just been