Today is International Translation Day, and this year's theme (as selected by FIT, the International Federation of Translators) is Translation: Bridging Cultures. Past ATA President Jiri Stejskal wrote a lovely text for the FIT website; here's an excerpt: The professional translators, interpreters … [Read more...] about Happy International Translation Day
Announcements
Tweeting from Translate in the Catskills
I'm attending Translate in the Catskills this week, and I'll be live-tweeting some of the presentations. If you'd like to follow along, please visit my Twitter page. … [Read more...] about Tweeting from Translate in the Catskills
ProZ podcast interview
Romina Bona of ProZ prepared a very nice podcast interview with me and it's online today. The interview talks a bit about the new edition of my book and also includes some of my tips for beginning freelancers, based on my experiences starting my own freelance business. Thanks to Romina for these … [Read more...] about ProZ podcast interview
A few random updates
Thoughts on Translation is winding down for vacation, and will be on hiatus until mid-July. A few updates on previously-mentioned issues: Back in March I wrote a post about options for home office phone service. I switched my office line to Vonage Lite (since discontinued by Vonage and repackaged … [Read more...] about A few random updates
Book launch webinar is Friday; online course coming up
This Friday (June 24) at 9 AM Mountain (Denver) time, Eve Bodeux and I are going to do a question and answer webinar about the second edition of my book, How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator. The webinar is free, and we'll be raffling off two copies of the book as well. Hope to see some readers … [Read more...] about Book launch webinar is Friday; online course coming up