Translation Favorites (Feb 19-25)
Every week we share on Twitter many interesting blog posts and online articles on translation, interpreting, language, as well as freelancing, blogging, business and social media. If you missed any of the great content we shared 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! You can read the Weekly Favorites from previous weeks here.
If you read any fabulous posts that we missed, let us know in the Comments section or email us at info@linguagreca.com so we can add your links to next week’s list.
Translation, Interpreting & Languages
A Few Thoughts On How To Look For Direct Customers In All The Right Places
This Week’s Language Blog Roundup: Inauguration Day, gun control, biblio-cats
“Promoting Your Freelance Business” Workshops for Translators & Interpreters
Retaining an Accent – Why some people retain an accent in a second language
Is The Lack of Gender Specificity in The English Language a Good Thing?
Seven Tips for Freelance Translators on Surviving in The Crisis Mode
Endangered languages: can technology rescue them from the brink?
What Unfair Competition Looks Like / Ecco la Concorrenza Sleale
Der Ãœbersetzer im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
Most of What You Think You Know About Grammar is Wrong
20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback
How to Successfully Learn a New Language This Year
Translators Editing Original Content – Why and How?
Online course on ethics for translators and interpreters
Language and words in the news – 1st February 2013
Singular they, you, and a ‘senseless way of speaking’
Hilariously Wrong “Lord Of The Rings” Subtitles
On the Web: Writing, Translation & Publishing
1 Linguist, 3 Questions with Joanna Machnica
3 Professional Development Benefits
Contacting Authors & Payment
Word Categories for Dummies
The Illusion of Transparency
The pleasures of networking
‘No Smoking’ in Arabic
Event: Talk on IATE
Weekend Reading
Untranslatables
Hitting 40
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
7 Old Post Revival Techniques You Won’t Believe You’re Overlooking
The Post-writing Rules I Always Break. Do You?
The Top 30 Most Popular WordPress Plugins
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
5 Ways to Get the Word Out About Your Company (Without Breaking the Bank)
6 Ways to Use the New LinkedIn Features to Get More Business
History Of Facebook Privacy Fails & How They Affect Us
8 Types Of Difficult Clients & How To Handle Them
5 Sales Techniques to Get Your Call Returned
What’s Your Social Media Goal?
Your Online Marketing Kit
Miscellaneous
Do We Still Need Libraries? – Libraries Struggle to Close the ‘Digital Divide’
The Ultimate Guide to Worldwide Etiquette: Overview of Customs from Around the World
Find Your Website On The Interactive Map Of The Internet Universe
50 Things We No Longer Do Because Of Tech Advancements
Success Indicator: Characteristics For A Successful Life
iOS: A visual history
About the author
Catherine Christaki has been a full-time English-Greek translator since 2001 and co-owner of Lingua Greca Translations since 2012. She specializes in Information Technology, Medical, and Technical texts and loves writing for the Adventures in Technical Translation blog. She regularly shares her experience and insight on social media and blogging for translators, giving interviews and presenting at conferences. Connect with her on Twitter @LinguaGreca.
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