I'm not generally a fan of time management literature, but during a recent trip to the local library, Kerry Gleeson's The Personal Efficiency Program: How to stop feeling overwhelmed and win back control of your work caught my eye (published 2009 by John Wiley and Sons, 4th edition). Lately I've … [Read more...] about Test drive: the Personal Efficiency Program
The tyranny of the sub-goal
I learned the expression "the tyranny of the sub-goal" from my husband, who most frequently applies it to chores around the house, as in "We need to paint the living room but before that we have to fix the hole in the sheetrock where we smashed the corner of the washing machine into the wall." … [Read more...] about The tyranny of the sub-goal
Interview on Love Your Job
Spanish to English translator Nicole Lisa recently interviewed me for the Love Your Job blog, and the interview is now online here. You can also read the earlier interviews in Love Your Job's "5 questions for..." series, with posts about an actor, an architect and a voice teacher who all love their … [Read more...] about Interview on Love Your Job
Potential clients and sticker shock
Wiktionary defines sticker shock as "Disgust, shock or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale," and this roughly describes the reaction of many would-be translation buyers when they learn the price of a professional translation. This leaves the professional translator with a … [Read more...] about Potential clients and sticker shock
A positive and a negative
Happy Monday! To start the week off, here's some positive and negative news from the language world: Positive: I was just listening to NPR's Talk of the Nation while eating lunch, and today's segment featured an interview with NPR's longtime (and now retiring) war correspondent, Anne Garrels. … [Read more...] about A positive and a negative