When you're doing research for a translation, don't restrict yourself to searching only on text sites. Image searches are really useful as well, and sometimes more so than text searches. Following are a couple of examples I've come across lately. I recently translated a list of advertising keywords … [Read more...] about Using image searches for translation research
Wrapping up 2009
Whether you look back on 2009 as an annus horribilis or a welcome change from the status quo, it's time to take stock of the past year and move on. The nature of 2009 depends on who you ask; I've spoken with freelancers who say they've never been busier, freelancers who say that their income is … [Read more...] about Wrapping up 2009
Links: video interview and code talker cartoon
Hello and happy 2010 to everyone out in the blogosphere! After some much-enjoyed vacation time spent skiing, cooking and relaxing, Thoughts on Translation is ready for another year of posts. To start things off: At the ATA conference in New York this fall, French>English audiovisual translator … [Read more...] about Links: video interview and code talker cartoon
Name the new ATA client outreach newsletter
The American Translators Association has just announced a naming contest for the new translation client outreach newsletter. The winner receives free registration to the 2010 ATA annual conference in Denver and an acknowledgement in the first issue... go for it! Here's the text from the ATA … [Read more...] about Name the new ATA client outreach newsletter
YouTube clip: Peter Less on interpreting at Nuremburg
Here's an interesting YouTube clip (it's short, just over a minute) of interpreting legend Peter Less talking about remaining impartial while interpreting at the Nuremberg Trials. Less, who won the ATA's Gode Medal (one of the translation world's highest honors) in 2006, fled to Switzerland as a … [Read more...] about YouTube clip: Peter Less on interpreting at Nuremburg