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
Ensure a successful translation by providing the following information to the translator
Who’s Afraid of Google Translate and Other Machine Translation Programs?
What Is The Main Difference Between Translators and Translation Agencies?
Common Sense Advice about Machine Translation and Content
What is Our Work as Transcribers/Translators Worth?
How to convert a Microsoft Excel file to SDL MultiTerm
7 Funny Translation Mistakes, In No Particular Order
Domestication vs. Foreignisation via Red Rage
10 MORE Untranslatable Words…For English!
Translation in the New Millennium: I, Translator
How Do You Know That You Are Not A Fake?
Stop check fees are a part of doing business
What to Charge: Calculating Your Rates
The cult of the hyperpolyglot
5 simple comma rules to live by
Interpreting and the Digital Revolution
The best way to translate your copy
The #IntJC Interpreting Journal Club
Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines
Fluent in 11 Languages
Are you a fork lifter?
Interpreters: walking a tightrope
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
Quitting Blogging? Stop – Detailed Guide to Keep You Going!
Gearing up to Become a Professional Freelancer
7 Common Objections Freelancers Face, Now Answered
12 Things I Have Learned After 7 Years of Freelancing
Warning: You Have Entered the Burnout Zone
Putting “Free”dom In Freelance
Are You Partner-Worthy?
Social media
How to Customize Your Social Updates for Facebook and Twitter
13 Tools to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing
Demystifying Twitter: Do’s and Don’ts of Twitter
6 Google+ Tips for Businesses
Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
Why Does My Website Look Different in Different Browsers?
How to Say “No” Without Damaging Your Brand
11 Ways to Give and Get Customer Love
6 Tools Better Than An FAQs Page
Miscellaneous
How to Remove Your Google Web History Before The New Privacy Policy Change
9 Ways to Get Rid of All the Crap in Your Life That’s Holding You Back
7 Common Hand Gestures That Could Spell Disaster
The UK’s Most Extreme Weather Events
Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work
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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