This year, I (mostly successfully) tried to cut down my screen time by giving myself an unlimited budget for books. In total (I’m a pretty slow reader, so I don’t think I’m going to add to the list in the remaining 11 days of the year), I read 14 books. Here they are, along with […]
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Interview with Oliver Dirs, author of Good Words Fast
I recently spoke with fellow translator and author Oliver Dirs (rhymes with “Sirs”) about his new book, Good Words Fast. Oliver sent me a review copy of the book, and I love it. It’s a thesaurus, but a very targeted thesaurus that is hugely helpful for anyone who writes for a living. Instead of slogging […]
Continue ReadingTom West’s Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary
As a fan of all things Swiss, I was excited to learn of the recent publication of Tom West’s Trilingual Swiss Law Dictionary. That link will take you to a review on the ATA French Language Division website, and this link will take you to the book’s Amazon page. Tom is an attorney, former ATA […]
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Thanks to reader Paul Froese for suggesting this topic; Paul e-mailed me, asking about textbooks that might help one become a better translator, or that might be helpful to beginning translators. Paul referenced the free translation course that’s available from logos.it, and wondered whether there are comparable textbook resources out there. I have a few […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking of Translation: book launch!
Eve Bodeux and I just released a new episode of Speaking of Translation (our occasional podcast on the language industry), focusing on our newly-published books. The photo is from a book signing we did this weekend with our good friend Tess Whitty, which our other good friend Riccardo Schiaffino wrote up for his blog, About […]
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