Years ago, I was visiting friends of friends in Denmark and the inhabitants of the house happened to be very serious geeks. On the dining room wall, they had a sort of shadow box frame, and in it was a computer disk (this was back in the day of five-inch floppies) spray painted gold, with [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Methods for backing up your computer data
Posted in Technology on September 15, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Getting the names straight
Posted in Freelancing on September 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of the great things about our industry is the variety of people we get to work with; people from all different countries, cultures and ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. The other side of this coin is that we have a lot of clients and colleagues who aren’t named Bob or Janet, which brings up a [...]
Registration open for Juvenes Translatores 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 will all translate the same text (last year’s was on sustainable [...]
Thoughts on Translation Wordle
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to reader Dierk Seeburg for sending this Wordle made from the posts on Thoughts on Translation.
Some thoughts on setting goals
Posted in Freelancing, Marketing on September 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Goal-setting is a critical element of running a freelance business, but many translators ignore it. Not surprisingly, this type of passive attitude can lead to job stress and low job satisfaction, because instead of feeling that you’re actively progressing toward your ideal freelance business, you feel like your clients are dictating how, when and at [...]
A great post on editing and proofreading
Posted in Links on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Yndigo, Glenn Cain has a great new postabout editing and proofreading. Check it out!
New website: Translators Training
Posted in Translation industry news on September 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
A new site of interest to translators is Translators Training, run by Jost Zetzsche (who writes the translation technology e-newsletter The Took Kit) and Intrawelt, a language services and e-learning company. Translators Training offers “unbiased, objective information about translation tools,” which is something that’s certainly needed in our industry. Translators Training seems to have gone [...]
Translation on the news
Posted in Translation industry news, Videos on September 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I recently represented the ATA in a local media appearance, a live interview on the Denver NBC News station, KUSA 9 News. This interview was part of a business segment highlighting the bright employment outlook for bilingual people and the fact that bilingual people remain very employable even in a soft economy. Live TV is [...]
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Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, law and non-fiction books. She launched Thoughts on Translation in February, 2008 as a way to connect and share ideas with freelance translators around the world.
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