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
Reporting from Canterbury – Part 3 (“Comparative Law: Engaging Translation” conference)
Post-Editing of Machine Translations Is a Good Definition of the Term “A Fool’s Errand”
An Ethical Myth: As Interpreters and Translators “We Are Not Allowed to Talk Fees”
History of the profession – Looking back at the early years of conference interpreting
10 questions for: Karen Gross, Conference Interpreter at the European Parliament
Legal translation: differences in common and civil law related to judicial decisions
Why Asking for a Translation Rate You Want Makes Good Business Sense
The EPT Team is back with a brand new, weekly feature called EPT10
3 Questions: Project Fee vs. Per Word, Rates & Contacting the Client
Lyon conference workshop – Boost your use of Twitter
Has crowdsourcing translation made exploitation cool?
Why to Choose a Major about Foreign Languages
Theses and Academic Reports on Terminology
Translation Blog Picks – 12 September 2012
The very model of an amateur grammarian
Booth behaviour and microphone manners
A Leader’s Language: Are You Fluent?
The Culture of Literary Translators
Free online grammar checker
Interpreters Tell the Story
Interpreting blogroll
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing, Social media
Get the Money That’s Due to You AND Still Keep Your Clients
The complete guide to Twitter’s language and acronyms
The Tricky Question of LinkedIn Recommendations
8 Factors that Cause Writing Projects to Cost More
Why and How to Write an E-Book
Miscellaneous
Do you work too much? — The beauty of reaching an imperfect balance between work & life
5 Critical Elements of Successful Work-At-Home Productivity
Five Ways to Beat the Morning Slog
How to Deal with Annoying People
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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Hey, thanks for including Anatomy of a translator’s office in your list. I’ll be publishing the full article on Monday! Thanks for your support, once again!
Great, looking forward to reading it Cristian 🙂