From the category archives:
As you might have noticed, it’s been a bit quiet around here recently. I’ve been taking advantage of a quiet period work-wise to take some time out to work on my subject knowledge and language skills and to take a well-earned holiday. Once I returned to the office, I began thinking about how best to [...]
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I recently received an e-mail from a language graduate wanting to specialise in marketing translation. They asked me how I chose to specialise in this field and for some advice on how they could do the same. Personally, I got into marketing translation after working with a range of subjects as an in-house translator in [...]
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As translators, we not only have to make sure that we keep our language skills fresh; we also have to keep up-to-date on what’s going on in the fields that we work in. Some of us our generalists, in which case we must keep abreast of developments in a wide range of fields. Others are [...]
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In the spirit of using this blog as a forum for sharing ideas, opinions and resources, this week’s post continues the topic of how to maintain your language skills with a selection of resources that I find useful for my own language combination, German to English. I’d also like to invite you to share your [...]
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As translators, making sure that our language skills are top-notch is essential. We not only have to make sure that our source language skills remain up-to-date but also need to keep tabs on the language that we translate into. The pressures and time constraints that we face in our daily lives mean that this can [...]
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