Greetings, Training for Translators readers! Welcome to the final post of 2023, and thank you so much for your support this year. I hope you've found the blog helpful, and if you're looking to get a jump on your 2024 professional development, our January classes (Using objective data to set your … [Read more...] about The books I read this year (2023)
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OT: Shopping for and purchasing an electric car
I haven't done an off-topic post in a while, so here goes! This is a long post that I decided to write for the benefit of other people who are shopping for an electric vehicle (EV); only read it if you're really interested in EVs!! We're a one-car family (or rather, my husband and I are a … [Read more...] about OT: Shopping for and purchasing an electric car
OT: A week in Iceland
I took last week off to take a real vacation (my computer stayed home!) to Iceland, with my friend and colleague Eve Bodeux and our mutual friend Ann. We had an amazing time; I had changed planes in the Reykjavik airport many times, but I had never done the Icelandair free stopover, much less taken … [Read more...] about OT: A week in Iceland
OT: Applying for and using Global Entry/TSA PreCheck
Off-topic here, or perhaps not, since translators and interpreters do tend to travel a lot! This applies only to US residents, so feel free to ignore it if you're outside the US. Since I joined the ATA Board in 2012, I've been meaning to apply for TSA PreCheck. By the time I got around to … [Read more...] about OT: Applying for and using Global Entry/TSA PreCheck
OT: Hiking tour of Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland
This is an off-topic post; just a subject I felt like writing about, and that might be of interest to some readers. Long story short, I needed to travel to Switzerland before the end of the year for administrative reasons, and because school in Colorado starts in mid-August, my husband and daughter … [Read more...] about OT: Hiking tour of Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland