For the past several years, since I decided to start pursuing interpreting in addition to translation, I've spent quite a bit of time keeping up my French language skills. This year, in my Master's in conference interpreting program (which you can read about here, and here), I spent a lot, lot, lot … [Read more...] about Tips for keeping up your language skills
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Quick take: Learning a language with Duolingo
Since many translators are compulsive language learners--in addition to our working languages, it seems that we're always trying to learn new ones--I thought I'd give a brief overview of my experience studying Italian with Duolingo, a free online language-learning site. If other readers have used … [Read more...] about Quick take: Learning a language with Duolingo