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
How to stop talking about features and start presenting the benefits to translation clients
The language of Prohibition-era gangsters: knowing your goons from your gumshoes
Chart: Curse Your Enemies In Style With These Classy Shakespearean Insults
42 Experimental And Mind-Bending Maps That You Won’t See In Textbooks
Internal & Client Collaboration: The Infrastructure for Sustainable Business
Is 50 Thousand Dollars Money Well Spent on a Translation Degree?
Κατώτατες αποδεκτές αμοιβές μετάφρασης, επιμέλειας, διόρθωσης
Can we make translation more valuable in the eyes of our clients?
When I’m called in to help out with a project that’s gone a bit awry
4 Ideas That Grabbed Me at Localization World Silicon Valley
11 Essential Secrets To Get Started As A Freelance Translator
Translation credentials: what are they and do you need them?
Five Essential Characteristics of a Good Translation Agency
Συνηθισμένα εκφραστικά λάθη σε συνηθισμένες εκφράσεις
11 Commonly Used Made-Up Words That Drive Us Insane
The Importance of Training for the Community Interpreter
Forensic Linguistics & Interpreting – where do they meet?
Book review: ‘For Who the Bell Tolls’ by David Marsh
Special characters and symbols I – Basic use in Word*
Top language and translation tweets in September 2013
12 Things Made Collectible Thanks to Spelling Errors
Why I’m no longer offering translations into German
When I talk to people about my translator colleagues
12 Amazing Facts from the New Book ‘Now I Know’
SDL Trados Studio 2014: new features for old hands
3 Minutes to a Proper British Accent [Video Tutorial]
Translating Trademarks: Is Your Brand Protected?
Freelancing: A Brave New World of Employment
How to Market Yourself at the ATA Conference
Can you preserve a culture without the language?
Film Titles in Translation: The Original Trilogy
Why do you translate? Replies from iapti2013
Hiring a Literary Translator: What Not to Do
Games agencies play, part 2: “word counts”
Donna Tartt on language standardisation
When an Interpreter’s Ethics are Tested
What’s your word of the year for 2013?
Free E-Book: The Translator Diaries
Mark Forsyth’s top 10 lost words
On cronuts, zonuts and doissants
IAPTI Conference Twitter Storm
Words are stupid, words are fun
Guess the Idiom (multilingual)
FAQs on language in the EU
Those dumb smart quotes…
The Translation Tribe
Translating on the Go
Event: IAPTI 2013
Unusable Words
Dear newbie
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
Gaining Confidence as an Inexperienced Freelance Designer
10 Hilarious Blogs That’ll Make You Feel Better About Your Job
Top 3 social media mistakes freelancers make every day
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
The Benefits of Working In an Office Before Going Out on Your Own
4 Ways to Write LinkedIn Messages That Actually Get Read
How to Use Facebook as a Business Research Tool
E-mail marketing etiquette essentials [infographics]
3 Tips for Overcoming Shyness at Conferences
The Public Speaker : How to Time a Presentation
How Effective People Handle Email
How to Present Like a Pro – Part I
How to Present Like a Pro – Part II
The Six Best YouTube URL Tricks
Miscellaneous
7 Unconventional Reasons Why You Absolutely Should Be Reading Books
12 Movies That Are Just As Good As The Books They’re Based On
The Sunday Night Blues Are Real — Here’s How To Beat Them
Testing 30 Life Hacks We Found on the Internet
How to Craft the Perfect Running Route
The Very Best Hidden iOS 7 Features
Some thoughts on MOOCs
50 Best iPhone Apps
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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Thanks for sharing Catherine 🙂 Incredible list as usual — Anthony
Thanks for linking to my blog post! I’m amazed at the amount of material you work through every week. Great work!
Thank you Richard 🙂 It’s time consuming but it’s great to read all these interesting blog posts!
Hi Catherine,
Many thanks for including my blog post in your list.
Best wishes,
Nikki
My pleasure Nikki 🙂
Thank you Catherine for including my blog posts in your weekly favorites – and thank you for such a nice load of interesting articles!
My pleasure Alessandra 🙂 Great job on your blog posts, nice to read about topics different than translation written by a translator!