I'm currently reading the utterly fascinating and fantastic book "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" by David Bellos. It may be somewhat dated regarding the newest developments in language…
... from this past academic year here in Weiden: 1 building2 schools15 rooms5 languagesover 50 different subjects25 different final written exams21 different oral final exams= 46 examinations in total, resulting…
During my research for a translation, I recently came across an article in "Scientific American" on untranslatable words. This in turn led me to the utterly fascinating website "The positive…
Idiomatic phrases are popular stylistic devices, and used properly, they can enhance a text significantly. Of course, the trick is to use them correctly and not mix them up, so…
The sound of music Translation is a constant tug between the twin imperatives of meaning and music. So what is it that makes a translation sing? It's finding the right…
An incident involving a fight, someone who wanted to help, a gun, police, and machine translation (MT) recently made the rounds on several social media platforms. And it only came…
Probably the one thing most translators will agree on regardless of language combination, country or age is that clients always seem to want the translations done as quickly as possible,…
I came across this compilation over on translatorfun.com by Romina Bona. (She also creates brilliant comics about translators and their joys and struggles, btw, which are also for sale here.)…
... as I'm translating this huge project right now: (c) by zingword
Don't bury your head in the sand You are, naturally, aware of the need to back up your work. And you may already have other kinds of back-up in place.…
