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101 things a translator needs to know – #34

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:10. September 2020
Post category:101 things a translator needs to know English professional translation professionalism quality saying no translation
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When to say noIt's tempting to accept every job out of customer loyalty, but it's better to say no than to agree to an unrealistic deadline, or if you are…

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It’s a date

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:20. February 2020
Post category:agenda availability dates English interpretation Termine translation Verfügbarkeit
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Have you ever wished there was a way to avoid sending inquiries to translators and interpreters who for whatever reason are not available when you need them? Wouldn't it be…

Unwanted distraction

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:7. February 2020
Post category:English music translation
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Before there were languages in my life, there was music - which in itself is a language as well, as I'm well aware. So I guess taking the step from…

Great source of EU-related TMs and TBs

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:28. September 2019
Post category:English EU free resources TB TM translation
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Did you know there are free translation memories and termbases available on all kinds of topics related to the EU? You can find them on the ELRC SHARE repository. It…

Standards, standards, standards

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:30. May 2019
Post category:DIN English international standards interpretation ISO professionalism standards translation
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I knew that there were standards for technical requirements for interpreting set-ups and translation in general (the BDÜ published a special edition each on the DIN-versions last year - German…

Negotiating successfully

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:17. May 2019
Post category:English freelancer negotiating professionalism translation
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I have mentioned the ATA's Blog for new translators before, and the latest post is a re-post from copyediting.com about negotiating for freelancers and it is really good! It lists…

Post-editing part 2

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:5. April 2019
Post category:English post-editing teaching translation
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I had written about post-editing a few weeks ago, ending with the promise to update when something new has happened. Well, it has, although not quite as might have been…

Post-Editing

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:16. February 2019
Post category:English machine translation MT post-editing quality translation
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Ever since machine translation has come to the fore in the translation sphere, another "new" area of activity has also started to show up: post-editing. While I'd heard about this…

The Seven Virtues of the New Translation Era

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:2. February 2019
Post category:English professional translation professionalism translation
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I recently came across an article on ATA's The Savy Newcomer blog which, although originally published in 1997, is just as relevant (not only for new) translators and interpreters today.…

A little poetry in praise of language diversity

Post author:Anke Betz
Post published:18. January 2019
Post category:Babel English interpretation language diversity poetry translation
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You probably know the story about the Tower of Babel: how humankind, speaking only one language, had come together to build a tower that would reach all the way to…