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Last summer days
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…
One of those days
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…
The hidden Olympic discipline
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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Emilie Shepard
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Scopio
We made it
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…
Prepared and Unprepared / Blackboard concept(Click for more)
Preparing
I recently read an article about Preparing Translations for Emergency Situations. While the focus was on natural disasters like wildfires and hurricanes in the USA and making sure that the…
What is localization…
...as opposed to "regular" translation?This is a question my students often ask me, and although the concept is clear in my head, it's not that easy to explain. Basically, it's…
futuristic samurai standing on a building in cyberpunk city at rainy night, digital art style, illustration painting
Your prioritization ninja
If you've been in this business for a while and/or if you're as much into CPD as I am, you probably have come across Jenae Spry of Success by Rx…
The downside of the upside of these times
Which one, you might ask. To be sure, there are lots of things that pesky virus has made worse, impossible etc. which I won't start to list here. You know…
Feedback for consec practice
During last week's mock conference I recorded myself in order to listen to and evaluate my performance. While this is fairly easy to do for simultaneous interpreting (if you have…