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I recently attended an Introduction to Proofreading course, run by the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, in London. Although proofreading and translation go hand in hand, I’m largely self-taught and decided to make getting some formal training in the field one of my goals for 2009.
Here’s the best advice that I took away from the event, which I [...]
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Business speak appears to be on the rise. According to Sussex Enterprise’s Business Edge magazine, large companies are often the worst offenders, with 98% of workers using buzzwords such as ‘blue-sky thinking’ every day. But are they cringeworthy additions to our language, synonymous with try-hard managers such as David Brent in TV’s The Office, or [...]
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Many creative writing guides advise would-be writers to keep a writer’s notebook, also known as a writer’s journal. These can take the form of traditional journals in which a writer notes down their experiences and their feelings each day - their highs and lows, rants and raves, etc. Or they can be books in which [...]
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