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
Translator and editor are equally responsible for quality of the final text
Interview with Joy Mo on her book entitled “Say Goodbye to Feast or Famine
Ready for Valentine’s Day? 11 Cynical Proverbs About Love From Around the World
Quantifying Quality Costs and the Cost of Poor Quality in Translation (pdf)
Who can afford to tell the truth about translation quality… and who can’t?
Inherent Problems of Translation Industry: Agency-Driven Deadlines
The Horrors of Proofreading: Top 10 into English translation errors
Medical Translation and Interpreting: Saving Money, Saving Lives
Android developer shares his experience with app localization
How to Prepare for the United Nations Interpreter Exam
Top ten tips for the EU Literary Translation application
How I Tripled My Translation Business in One Year
Book review: Mats Linder’s Trados Studio Manual
International linguistics-related Conferences 2013
People who rock the industry – Erik Hansson
Human Translation vs. Machine Translation
Networking, Finding Work and Getting Paid
Hints and Links for Medical Translators
Games, gamification and localization
Is MultiTerm really that hard to learn?
I thought Studio could handle a PDF?
The challenges of interpreting humor
Book review: Found in Translation
Friendly Files and Fancy Formats
Expert and Native Lexicographers
If I knew then what I know now!
Building a Localization Kit
Giving Coursera a try
Translation Strategies
It’s all Greek to Me!
Client of the Month
Language in film
Being in limbo
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
Ultimate Guide For Proofreading Your Posts Quickly & Effectively
26 Essentials for Blogging Success, What You Need to Know
7+ Classic Secrets to Persuasive Freelancing
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
6 Truths About Using Twitter that Traditionalists Might not Want to Hear
11 things to do at the start of a new business relationship
5 LinkedIn Marketing Tips to Grow Your Business
How to upsell your clients
3 No-nos of Networking
Miscellaneous
Moves for iPhone Automatically Tracks Your Every Step Throughout the Day
The Complete Guide to What To Do Before, During, and After a Disaster
WikiCancel Is a Collection of Guides to Closing All Your Accounts
10 Really Simple Product Ideas That Made Billions [Infographic]
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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