Merry Christmas

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:diciembre 23, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/Merry Christmas/music
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, despite whatever regulations and restrictions may apply where you are, and that you can spend and enjoy at least some time with…

Continuar leyendoMerry Christmas

Snow covered trees

Tis the season

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:diciembre 2, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:Christmas/English/holidays/Podcast
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

In these parts, something exciting happened just in time for the beginning of the holiday season - it snowed! (OK, so it was great as long as I didn't have…

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Another terminology source

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:noviembre 19, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/glossaries/international standards/standards/translation
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

Lately, it seems like I keep finding one great and interesting terminology source after another. I love to share, so here's the next one: DIN-TERMinology It says on the website:…

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Blue and white stripe textile with shadow of a hand

Altered reality

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:noviembre 4, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:Covid-19/English/online tools
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

Even after more than a year and a half, and against all hopes and wishes, the big C is still with us and will likely remain in one form or…

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How to be a really good translator

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:octubre 22, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/machine translation/professional translation
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

As a teacher, my task and goal is to confer not only the necessary skills required for translating to my students, but also to (hopefully) instill in them a sense…

Continuar leyendoHow to be a really good translator

A matter of the ears

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:octubre 7, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/health/interpreting/technology for interpreting
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

Last week I had my first in-person interpreting assignment in a long time, and it was just wonderful. Everyone was so happy to be able to meet again, and with…

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Alpsee

Last summer days

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:septiembre 10, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:back to school/end of summer/English/vacation
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

It's officially the last day of the summer holidays here in Bavaria (at least for the teachers), so I thought I'd share one of my favorite photos from my vacation…

Continuar leyendoLast summer days

One of those days

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:agosto 26, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:Buddy Gator/English/hard work
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

I don't know how your summer is going. Maybe you're off on holiday, getting away from it all (good for you!). But maybe you have to work, or there are…

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The hidden Olympic discipline

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:agosto 12, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/interpretation/Olympics/remote interpreting/RSI
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

Or at least one of Olympic proportions... Because without it, this international event would not have been as widely followed (or even known, in all likelihood). Of course, I'm talking…

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Photo by Emilie Shepard on Scopio

We made it

• Autor de la entrada:Anke Betz
• Publicación de la entrada:julio 30, 2021
• Categoría de la entrada:English/holidays/summer
• Comentarios de la entrada:Sin comentarios

It's official: We have made it through this school year and summer holidays are finally here. While there is always some up and down throughout any school year, this one…

Continuar leyendoWe made it