Thanks to ATA member Dorothee Racette for sending the link to the new income calculator on the ATA website. This is a helpful tool that allows you to calculate your monthly and annual gross translation income based on how much you work and how much you charge. The income calculator is good food for … [Read more...] about Online translation income calculator
On vacation
Thoughts on Translation will be taking a vacation break until August 18. Thanks for reading and please visit again in mid-August! … [Read more...] about On vacation
Inserting accented characters in OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org is a fantastic office suite for most translators. It's free, it's stable, it's localized into many languages that the proprietary companies will never touch ...there's a lot to love. For a long time, the only feature of OO.o that I've found problematic (other than the fact that its … [Read more...] about Inserting accented characters in OpenOffice.org
Google Translation Center
Thanks to reader Dierk Seeburg for sending the link to an article from the Washington Post about Google's new Google Translation Center service (not yet fully launched, login seems not to work using a regular Google account). The Post article has a link to a yet more interesting article on Google … [Read more...] about Google Translation Center
Happy Swiss National Day
Although the thought of a traditional bonfire isn't particularly appealing when it's supposed to be 98 degrees, Joyeux Premier Août to all the Swiss out there! As an honorary Swiss (being the wife, daughter-in-law and now mother of Swiss citizens!), one of the things I love about Switzerland is how … [Read more...] about Happy Swiss National Day