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 the Premium Market Offers Translators Prosperity in an Era of Collapsing Bulk-Market Rates
Leveraging our network as freelance translators – Interview with Tanya Quintieri
Transcreation vs. Marketing Translation? How to Choose the Right Approach
10 Words That Mean Something Totally Different in the UK Than in the US
Conference Attendees: How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck
‘Oh see, can you say…’ linguistic confusion for a Brit in America
Languages Are Going Extinct Even Faster Than Species Are
Shouting and moaning about bad clients: productive, or not?
Essays in English yield information about other languages
New technologies in interpreting – Alexander Drechsel
Let’s eat Grandma! How to use, and not use the comma
Spotlight on Literary Translator John Woodsworth
Selecting the Right Language Service Company
What does a literary translator’s CV look like?
Glossary DE/IT/FR/EN on investment funds
15 Words Plagued by Unusual Silent Letters
What’s in a word? La rentrée in translation
28 Keys to Decoding British Pub Menus
Chasing deadlines after a major outage
Book: Translation in Practice (pdf)
Glossary of common betting terms
Word counts for all files in a folder
What’s Your Standard Rate?
On payment in advance
Greek
Το «ψαχτήρι» της ελληνικής γλώσσας
Ευρετήριο Οικονομικών Όρων
Freelancing, Blogging, Writing
The Freelancer’s Guide to Time Management
Riding the Writing Excuse Train
Social media, Marketing, Business, Networking, Web Design
11 Key Performance Indicators to Help Improve Your Marketing
Sales Follow-Up Emails the Pros Use [Free Email Templates]
5 Critical Sales Tools Reps Need to Sell More Efficiently
How To Find LinkedIn Groups With Targeted Prospects
How to Send Follow-Up Emails [Free Templates]
How Social Media Affects Your Brain and Body
Miscellaneous
The Physics of Productivity: Newton’s Laws of Getting Stuff Done
This Is The Quaintest Village In England, And It’s Truly Perfect
10 Tips for Traveling Light (And Looking Like You Didn’t)
10 Historic Canal Towns to Visit That Aren’t Venice
The World’s 25 Strangest Drinking Customs
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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