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 Be Much Smarter Than Your Dumbest Competitor
Άρνηση πληρωμής και εξώδικο σε βάρος συναδέλφου από τις εκδόσεις Μελάνι
More on the Spanish Debt Crisis and Lower Quality Translation
All Good Things Must Come To An End, Even The Relationship To Your Best Customer
New Study Shows 50 Percent of Fortune 500 Companies Don’t Translate their Content
The Difference Between Cattle Calls and Legitimate Requests for Price Quotes
Sea Stories, Musings, and Philosophy from a Life in Languages
This is how I work: the not-so-secret life of a literary translator
Translating for TV: A Peek Into Another World – Part 2
The translation and reception of multilingualism in films
The Bottom Line – Practical tips for practicing translators
5 Language Developments Which Shaped History
The Funny Grammar Guide to Tattoos Part 1
The Funny Grammar Guide to Tattoos Part 2
1 Linguist, 3 Questions with Alison Hughes
NY Subway Signs Are Sub-par Translations
The Top 5 Benefits of Being Multilingual
How to get started as a literary translator
Hilarious puns from punoftheday.com
Expert Interpreters and Notepads
Hören, übersetzen, mitsprechen
IKEA’s Translation Approach
Eurocracy: lost in translation
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
22 Ways To Create Compelling Content For Your Blog [Infographic]
12 Important Things To Do After Writing Your Post [Infographic]
20 Excellent Tips for Getting Your First Freelancing Gig
The Five Stages of Working with Freelance Clients
10 Types of Content that We ALL Love!
100+ SMB Blogging Ideas
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
5 Useful Twitter Tools that Will Save You Lots of Time and Energy
16 Things People Really Hate About Your Email Marketing
How to Rehearse for Important Conversations
Do You Have Your ‘Dream’ Job? Why Not?!
How To Handle Negative Feedback
Miscellaneous
46 Travel Tools to Optimize Your Next Vacation
Phrases You Need to Know While Traveling
10 Weirdest and Uniquely Shaped Buildings
Kill Time Productively on Your Phone
Stress on the Body [infographic]
Health Benefits of Yoga
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 including my post in these favorites, Catherine. Amazing how you manage to keep track of all linguistic-related articles 🙂
I love reading blogs! Even when I don’t have enough time during the week, all the interesting posts are there waiting for me in my RSS Reader 🙂