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 [...]
I’m delighted to announce that Marketing Translation has been nominated as one of the Top 100 Language Blogs 2009 in the Language Professional category. Special thanks goes to the readers who nominated this blog – it’s really great to know that you are enjoying the weekly posts and I feel honoured to have been nominated [...]
I was recently asked what it’s like to work as a freelance translator and what sort of work I do as a marketing translator. Here’s an insight into a typical day’s work:
8 a.m.
My office hours officially start. 90% of my clients are based in Germany, which is one hour ahead of the UK. So it’s [...]
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 [...]