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
Manypedia – Comparing Linguistic Points Of View (LPOV) of different language Wikipedias!
15 Reasons Why You Should Use a Localization Tool In Your Software Localization Project
10 Translation Process Steps to Automate Before Using Machine Translation
Dealing With Regional Dialects & Languages In Global Internet Marketing
5 Things to Consider When Translating Surveys for International Audiences
Lesson 3: Fears about freelance translation… and how to fight them
Translation Terminology Management – What’s the good word?
When There Are No Words: “Translating” from the Heart
55 Things You Didn’t Know About English Language
10 Websites and Blogs of Punctuation Protectors
Notes from the XLIFF symposium in Warsaw
Why should I provide a sample translation?
Teaching in Translation: These Pines
Fixing a screwed-up OCR job
Lesson 2: Do you know your clients?
A Page from My Notebook
Affordable Promotional Items
Macs. Thank you.
Working in a Construction Site
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
7 Powerful Reasons Why Companies Will Pay for You to Blog
Becoming Location Independent: Expectations and Reality
5 Red Flags to Watch Out for in Job Posts
26 Places to Find Free Multimedia for Your Blog
Why you have a broken blog and how to fix it
10 reasons why every freelancer should have a blog
Blog comment tutorial: attract the good, deal with the bad
How to Manage an Unpredictable Cash Flow
21 Reasons Why Readers Don’t Like Your Blog
The Great Freelancer Pricing War
Complete Guide to Blog Advertising
Social media, Web Design & Business
22 Essential Tools for Testing Your Website’s Usability
Does Your Networking Come Across as Stalking?
Twitter 101: 55 Tips to Get Retweeted on Twitter
7 SEO Twitter Tips to Rank Better in Search
How to Become a Better Marketer on Twitter
The Best Countries For Business
Travel & Miscellaneous
Get Hitched Without a Hitch at Your Wedding Abroad
How To: Get A Job At Google, Apple or Facebook
Cramped in Coach, or the Science of Sleep
Understanding the Basics of Copyright Laws
Banishing Your Inner Critic
25 Best Google Doodles
The Cleanest Cities in the U.S.
The 10 Most Air-Polluted Cities in the U.S.
Do You Need an Information Detox?
Four Procrastination Myths Debunked
The Time We’re Losing
10 Rules Real Men Never Break
Discovering Lund, Sweden
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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Hi. I liked “55 Things You Didn’t Know About English Language.” I had to crack up at number 11, though. “Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Don’t get me wrong or anything, but like what was the guy who figured that one out (it had to be a guy if the word was stewardesses) doing with his right hand the whole time he was typing with his left?