Translation Favorites (Feb 19-25)
Every week we share on Twitter many interesting blog posts and online articles about translation (including Greek translation), localization, interpreting, languages, as well as 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 links are listed in categories and organized by subject matter. Scroll down to find your favorite and enjoy reading! Click here for Weekly Translation Favorites from previous weeks.
If you’ve read a fabulous post and would like to share, 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
Always Put a Comma Before “and” in a List, No Matter What Your Old Grammar Teacher Said
Book review: ‘Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries’ by Kory Stamper
Here are the top 10 grammar mistakes people make, according to Microsoft
It Begins: Bots Are Learning to Chat in Their Own Language
Funny Sign Translations: 30 More Signs We Didn’t Translate
A Map of Lexical Distances Between Europe’s Languages
The 8 dimensions of localization quality metrics
Sign language: ‘The language more beautiful than words’
Content Globalization Strategies for Media Companies
Accepting the constraints of the market(s) you’re in
Computer-Assisted Translation Tools: A Digest
For Want of a Comma – The New York Times
Game Developers Conference 2017, Part 1
The whimsical world of emoji swearing
Rapa Nui: Language of Easter Island
A history of punctuation in English
Localization strategy governance
Localization at Cookpad
Greek translation & language
Ο τρόμος για την απλοποίηση και για τις αλλαγές της ορθογραφίας
Εθνεγερτικά μεζεδάκια
Ολλανδικά μεζεδάκια
Blogging, Writing, Productivity, Social media
A Very Good List Of Vital Writing Advice — Do Not Ignore!
Ten Simple Ways to Improve Any Blog Post in Minutes
Social Selling: How to Reach the Digital Buyer
Marketing, Business, Web Design
How I answered when my client asked “will you lower your rates for us over time?”
The Branding Journey: From Brand Audit to Brand Guide
30 Email Etiquette Tips to Avoid Writing Sloppy Emails
How to visualize a startup’s USP
Miscellaneous, Tech
Startup Genome report ranks Vancouver as Canada’s top startup hub, 15th globally
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017 – MIT Technology Review
The NASA 2017-2018 Catalog of Free Software Is Now Available
Watch Technologists Get Excited About Mobile Phones (in 1979)
Toronto ranked one of the most innovative cities in the world
The road to artificial intelligence: A case of data over theory
Smithsonian Magazine’s 2016 Photo Contest
BlackBerry is no longer a phone company
11 Amazing Hotels for Book Lovers
How to Survive the Longest Flight in the World
The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
TripAdvisor’s best beaches in the world
The 25 best beaches in Europe in 2017
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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