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
When is the right time to become a full-time freelance translator, and how do you know it is?
Finding the Parallels: Interpreting in Medical and Judicial Settings (pdf summary)
Value innovation in translation: what can you offer that nobody else does?
Five Less Obvious Things to Watch Out for in Translators’ Résumés
Review Gone Out of Control? Focus Your In-Country Reviewers
10 Signs That Your Rate Per Translated Word May Be Too Low
Games gone global: Connecting board games and translation
Linguistically complex vs. technically complex translations
Of Cabbages and Kings: five ways to talk about translation
Experts Reveal Favorite Methods for Learning Vocabulary
A day in the life of EU lawyer-linguists (YouTube video)
Translation Techniques: How to Translate Idioms
Want a revolution? Try memoQ 2013 Release 2.
Famous Cross-cultural Blunders in Translation
Embarrassing tattoo mistakes prompt warning
There’s (Starting to Be) Some ‘They’ There
What are the top languages for translation?
Marco BENEDETTI: What´s interpreting?
10 medical words you thought you knew
ATA54 Session Preview: Going All-In
Five terms in informed consent forms
The Next Big CAT Feature To Copy?
Five Best Language Learning Tools
10 Hilarious Southern Expressions
How do I get my first paying gig?
Naive and Not So Naive Readers
The day I stepped into the cage
Moving windows…
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
11 Common Blogging Mistakes That Waste Your Audience’s Time
7 Reasons Why You Should Track Your Freelancing Income Daily
Are You and Your Writing Clients Speaking the Same Language?
6 Ways to Write Less and Earn More
The Multitasker
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
How To Build The Perfect Twitter Profile
Google Yourself to Manage Your Brand
10 essential PowerPoint hacks
Miscellaneous
16 Things Women Hate to Hear (Even When We Like or Love You)
Animals Can Be Jerks – Supercut Compilation 2013! – YouTube
Book quiz: can you recognize these classic last lines?
40 Weirdest Buildings In The World
The Merits Of Reading A Book
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 the link, Catherine!
Much appreciated.