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The translation blogosphere is abuzz today with posts about International Translation Day, celebrated each year on September 30, the feast of St. Jerome. If you'd like to learn more about St. Jerome and his works, hop on over to Jill Sommer's post all about him. Every year, the … [Read more...] about Happy International Translation Day

The European Commission's translation department is once again offering its Juvenes Translatores (Young Translators) competition; the 2008 edition will be held on November 27 and the registration is open to any secondary school in Europe (deadline October 20). On November 27, the student contestants … [Read more...] about Registration open for Juvenes Translatores 2008

Thanks to reader Dierk Seeburg for sending this Wordle made from the posts on Thoughts on Translation. … [Read more...] about Thoughts on Translation Wordle

Time management is an aspect of freelancing that many people struggle with. In one sense, a freelancer's time belongs to her or him, which is a beautiful thing. Rather than the métro, boulot, dodo (an expression too expressive to be translated!) life of the office worker, a freelancer can make the … [Read more...] about Finding the time

In the past month I've been contacted by several translators who are at what I think of as the "make or break" phase of freelancing. They have a fair amount of work and their clients seem pleased with their translations, but they are not yet at the level of income and work volume where they would … [Read more...] about Break on through