Although, as I mentioned before, I have mixed feelings about online popularity contests, I'm flattered and grateful that Thoughts on Translation is officially the 79th most popular language blog as rated by the recent Lexiophiles contest. And I thought winning the 8th grade French award was … [Read more...] about Thank you, readers!
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I'll only mention this once…
I have mixed feelings about online popularity contests, but I'm flattered that Thoughts on Translation has been included in the 2010 Lexiophiles' Top 100 Language Blogs competition. The finalists are a real who's who of translation blogging, so whether your #1 read is Thoughts on Translation or … [Read more...] about I'll only mention this once…
Summer conference for financial translators
The Société Française des Traducteurs recently announced the program for the fifth session of its Université d'été de la traduction financière, a three-day conference for financial and corporate translators (or translators who would like to specialize in those areas). This year's session will be … [Read more...] about Summer conference for financial translators
Next session of "Getting started as a freelance translator" starts April 12
The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts April 12 and registration is open on my website. I've been running this course for about four years to help beginning translators launch successful freelance businesses. During the course, we cover topics such as … [Read more...] about Next session of "Getting started as a freelance translator" starts April 12
Propose a session for the 2010 ATA conference
The 2010 conference of the American Translators Association will be held this coming October in Denver, Colorado (and the venue, the Hyatt Regency Denver, is really, really beautiful!). The form to propose a session for the conference is now available on the ATA website and the deadline is March 8, … [Read more...] about Propose a session for the 2010 ATA conference