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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

For anyone in the Denver area, or anyone who would like to come to Colorado this July, you don't have to wait until 2010 to attend a translation conference in Denver. ATA's Translation Company Division will be holding its 9th annual conference in Englewood from July 17-20; that's next month! I'll … [Read more...] about Translation Company Division conference coming to Denver