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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
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Book covers (1): transformed in translation
“Birdsong”, by Sebastian Faulks. UK version (left) and Chinese version (right) A recent Observer newspaper article warns us, Don’t judge a book by its cover,
Top 100 Language Blogs – voting now open
Voting is now open for the Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 competition organised by LexioPhiles, for which we’ve been nominated in the “Language Professionals” category. Voting
Top 100 Language Blogs 2010: we’ve been nominated!
We’ve been nominated as one of the Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 competition organised by LexioPhiles. As you can imagine, we’re well chuffed! Nominations are
How to be a good client (1)
I’m currently translating a speech for a government speech-writer who’s a delight to work with. Here’s why. First, he gave us advance warning (of about
Localisation, Kiwi style.
I received an email recently from BT encouraging me to sign up to the Terminate the Rate campaign. This aims to end the fee applied
Languages as they is spoke, by Catherine Tate
A little light relief for anyone working or sitting exams on this Spring Bank Holiday. And for long-suffering language teachers! and With thanks to Jill
Translators’ time warp – again
Once again my work days are out of kilter with the rest of the country – it’s a bank holiday here in the UK but
Faster typing and fewer typos
A productivity tip on typing expansion software “From the Desk of David Pogue” at the New York Times. Typing expansion applications work like Microsoft Office’s
Ideas worth translating (2): a web that speaks your language
More from the New York Times on Web translation projects (this time from Leslie Berlin, writing in the Business pages). Projects featured include Lingua, the