As part of an upcoming overhaul of my professional website, I decided it was time for Thoughts on Translation to get a nice custom header image instead of the stock photos I’ve been using for the past two and a half years. Thanks to Brandon Kellogg of Denver-based Superfluent Design for this beautiful (in my [...]
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New site banner!
Posted in Nubbin on July 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Great translator vacation photo
Posted in Humor, Nubbin on July 19, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Summer always brings great opportunities for travel, especially in our internationally-minded industry. And along with those travels come some great vacation photos from colleagues! Here (reprinted with Jiri’s permission) is one that made me laugh out loud: former ATA President Jiri Stejskal having trouble getting any work done during his vacation to the Czech Republic, [...]
Seeking input on freelancer/agency relationships
Posted in Nubbin on July 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My good friend and colleague Eve Bodeux is gathering input from freelancers and translation agencies for her upcoming presentation “Vendors and You: A Positive Partnership from the Start.” She’ll be presenting this session at the upcoming Vendor Management Seminar in Las Vegas. Whether you’re a freelancer or you work for an agency, what factors are [...]
Interview on Love Your Job
Posted in Interviews, Nubbin on April 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Spanish to English translator Nicole Lisa recently interviewed me for the Love Your Job blog, and the interview is now online here. You can also read the earlier interviews in Love Your Job’s “5 questions for…” series, with posts about an actor, an architect and a voice teacher who all love their jobs.
Maybe it’s not all about the design
Posted in Marketing, Nubbin on February 5, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I need to update the look of my website and marketing materials; it’s a task I really struggle with because I’m just not a very visual person. Read me a sentence and I can tell you right away if I like it or not, but show me an array of colors, shapes and layouts and [...]
Episode 4 of Speaking of Translation is live
Posted in Announcements, Nubbin on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Episode 4 of Speaking of Translation, the podcast that Eve Bodeux and I host, is now live! For this episode, we interviewed Judy Jenner during her recent visit to Colorado and talked to her about marketing pitfalls and best practices for freelance translators. The episode is 23 minutes long and you can either listen to [...]
A new blog on bilingualism
Posted in Links, Nubbin on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This isn’t specifically translation-related, but given that many translators live in bilingual households, I think it’s not OT either. My colleague and friend Eve Bodeux recently launched a new blog, appropriately titled Blogging on Bilingualism, with articles and resources of interest to bilingual families or really anyone interested in bilingualism. As Eve’s “About” page says [...]
Speaking of Translation: translation blogs
Posted in Nubbin, Technology, Translation industry news on March 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The third episode of Speaking of Translation is live! Speaking of Translation is a podcast (I think that you can guess the general topic…) hosted by Eve Bodeux and myself, and in each episode we focus on a different aspect of the translation industry. This time, we reviewed a number of translation and language-related blogs [...]
The hash mark in Twitter
Posted in Links, Nubbin on February 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I haven’t yet started using Twitter, but I have a number of Facebook friends who feed their Tweets to their Facebook status updates (is that enough Web 2.0 references in one sentence?), and I’ve wondered about the meaning of the hash mark (#) that people include in their Tweets. For example “I was talking on [...]
Because I don’t talk enough as it is…
Posted in Links, Nubbin on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was recently interviewed for two posts on fellow bloggers’ websites; I’m sharing these links not for self-promotional purposes, but in case any readers have an interest in the topics that the interviews cover: The home-based work gurus over at Rat Race Rebellion (Don’t you love that name? Their main site is here) interviewed me [...]
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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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