Weekly favorites (Mar 5-11)
Every week we share many interesting blog posts and online articles on translation, interpreting, languages, freelancing, writing, social media, business and travel. If you missed any of the great content that was shared via Twitter last week, here is your chance to catch up. The content is listed in categories based on the topic, so just scroll down to find your favorite and enjoy reading!
Translation, Interpreting & Languages
Lesson 26: Stop doubting your skills in languages and start getting Oscars
Applied Language Solutions/Ministry of Justice Framework Agreement
Follow-up and continued coverage of the “UK court interpreting crisis”
Some advice on how to prepare for a translation school entrance exam
How Language Can Shape Thinking and Behavior (and How It Can’t)
Top 10 Reasons Why Freelance Translators Need To Have a Blog
Termium® becomes quadrilingual and has a special legal section
Introducing the VEGA network (or how do you like my new hat?)
Interpreters and translators: How did YOU get where YOU are?
9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs
The underestimated importance of medical interpreters…
Ensuring translation quality part 5: Measuring factors
What you Need to Know About Patent Translation
“Making the Price” of your translation services
Things I Have Recently Changed My Mind On
Speaking 157 Languages With Native Fluency
Worst (or Greatest?) Movie Title Translations
The Ideas Behind the Words, aka the 3 Levels
Rights and Contracts in Literary Translation
When Style and Grammar Rules Elude You
How to be good (1). Tips for translators
Bad Translators are like Big Hairy Spiders
How to Lose a Client in 10 Easy Steps
Who gets paid for translation in 2020
Lessons Learned From a Long Trip
How to buy translation services
Interpreting a Live Broadcast
The Decline of Copy Editing
Lost & Found in Translation
Translation and hardware
Rules for Translation
Translation ethics
The lives of others
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
Things You Should Expect If You Start Freelancing and How to Prepare Yourself
10 Thrills We Newbies Experience That the Top Earners Have Forgotten
Dix idées reçues sur les indépendants (et ce qu’il en est réellement)
5 Ways to Strategically Price Your Freelance Rates
5 lessons for freelancers from the 2012 Oscars
The Top Myths About Working From Home
10 Tips for Keeping a Freelancer Covered
10 Steps to a Client-Winning Mindset
10 ways NOT to break up with a client
The Brain of the Beginning Blogger
10 Simple ways to meet deadlines
Getting Out of the Freelancing
Blogging Business Plans 101
Social media
The Complete Guide to Setting Up the New Facebook Page Design
The Freelancer’s Ultimate Introduction to Google+ Hangouts
7 Ways to Increase your Influence on Twitter
26 Tips for Using Pinterest for #Business
Why I HATE Twitter… And LOVE It!
Do you use Scoop.it?
Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
Unsolicited SEO Offers – 7 Tips To Decide Whether You Should Accept Them
How to Overcome Bad Moments of Your Career Like a Boss
50 Google Analytics Resources – The 2011 Edition
Miscellaneous
What I Really Do: Hilarious (And Insanely Viral) Memes About Your Job
Leap Year – 9 Fun Cultural (or Otherwise) Facts About The “Extra Day”
Top 10 Ways to Make the Best of an Old, Crappy Computer
29 Ways to Beat Procrastination Once and For All
The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World
How to Start Napping…and Why You Should
7 Time Management Tips for Road Warriors
The Scenic Route to a Longer Life
Life as a freelance court reporter…
Which blog post or article inspired you this week? Share in the comments section below so we can add your links to next week’s list!
