Weekly favorites (Oct 22-28)
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
Unlike Politicians or Modern Day “Journalists”, Translators Are Allowed to Tell the Truth
Language Blog Roundup: Political speech, feck, Shakespeare, and more
Looks Like It’s ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) Time
Language Learning Makes the Brain Grow, Swedish Study Suggests
Transcreation: when you need more creative juice in your translation
The Brit List: 10 British Words That Don’t Have a U.S. Equivalent
Found in Translation: Interview with co-author Jost Zeztsche
Interpreting politicians: The work of parliamentary polyglots
Top 10 Tips On How to Choose a Good Translation Service
Brief list of misused English terminology in EU publications
How to pick the right freelancer for a translation project?
Most European Languages Doomed to Digital Extinction
The bearded don’t shave! Who buys good translations?
The future of translation now. In Warsaw.
Worst Translation Blunders in Business
Rédiger un devis de traduction efficace
Americans Are Barmy Over Britishisms
The Big Day: Found in Translation
Translator as the “law-maker”?
Interpreter’s mid-career crisis
The Magical Mystery Word
The Buck Stops Where?
My Linguistic Career
Translation software
Traduttore traditore
Word Fail Flavors
Punctuation Soup
Donuts, Please
Freelancing, Social media
6 Things Your Customers Won’t Tell You – Unless You Ask
Marketing on LinkedIn for translators: paid-for options
7 tools to monitor the effectiveness of your tweets
10 Quick Tips to Improve Your Invoicing
Money Management for Freelancers
Accepting No Less
Miscellaneous
13 Things Your Hotel Front Desk Clerk Won’t Tell You
The World’s Most Beautiful Places (33 pics)
20 Incredible Pictures At Different Places
Top 50 Travel Literature of All Time
The Highest Cities in the World
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!
