Eve Bodeux and I released a new episode of Speaking of Translation last week. With both of us having survived major IT disasters in the past couple of months, we thought that an IT-focused episode might be helpful to our listeners. Here it is for your listening pleasure! Speaking of Translation: … [Read more...] about Podcast: IT tips and tricks for translators
Translators for the win!
Book prize season is always fun, especially when translators get the spotlight. In 2015, the Booker Prize Foundation decided to award the Man Booker International Prize exclusively to works of fiction translated into English, as of the 2016 awards. Even better (if you're a translator!) was their … [Read more...] about Translators for the win!
Next session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
Greetings, readers! I apologize for the radio silence here over the past couple of weeks (lots of big translation projects going on!), and I have a couple of posts in the works that will go up soon. My online courses always take a pause over the summer, but I wanted to let you know that the … [Read more...] about Next session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
Are low rates and robots coming to get us?
Here's a post I've been meaning to write for a while...and since my main work computer picked last night as a good time to die (don't worry...everything was backed up), I have some time on my hands while it's being repaired. This post is in response to various questions I've gotten from readers, … [Read more...] about Are low rates and robots coming to get us?
Become a tablet translator: guest post by Alexander Drechsel
This is a guest post by Alexander Drechsel. Alexander is a staff interpreter at the European Commission, who works from English, French, and Romanian into his native German. He shares other people’s opinions in the interpreting booth, and his own thoughts and insights on languages and technology on … [Read more...] about Become a tablet translator: guest post by Alexander Drechsel