Translation Favorites (Feb 19-25)
Every week we share on Twitter many interesting blog posts and online articles about translation (including Greek translation), localization, interpreting, languages, as well as 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 links are listed in categories and organized by subject matter. Scroll down to find your favorite and enjoy reading! Click here for Weekly Translation Favorites from previous weeks.
If you’ve read a fabulous post and would like to share, 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
Literature In Translation Makes Up 13 Percent Of ‘NYT’ Notable Books For 2015
Client Glossaries: One of the Most Important Aspects of Financial Translation
Is it Wookie or Wookiee? The Times’ definitive ‘Star Wars’ style guide
Translation gone wrong: the case of the “Clitoris Festival” in Galicia
Pattern Recognition for a Thriving Translation Business
Free training on how to work with court interpreters
Readings, tools, and useful links for corpus analysis
Sub-optimal rates: “better than nothing,” or not?
7 Books That Celebrate the Beauty of Language
The Internet Isn’t Available in Most Languages
Why Early Etymologists Embarrassingly Err
The 5 Ws of Successful Translation Projects
Video game swear-fests – Strong Language
Do the Eskimos Really have 50 Words for Snow?
Nice collection of quotes about translation
Starting out as a freelance translator
The Different Types of English
How to retain freelance clients
Names of the Year 2015
Blogging, Writing
7 Steps to Globalizing Your Content Marketing Program
15 Gift Ideas For The Writer In Your Life
Social media
22 Top Tips to Effectively Raise Your Profile on LinkedIn
LinkedIn Group Changes: What Marketers Need to Know
25 Twitter Chats: Just for Marketers
Marketing, Business, Web Design
8 Tools To Supercharge Sales Prospecting In The Internet Age
How to Cold Pitch Work and Get the Creative Jobs You Want
Freelance Work Versus a Salary Job: The Pros and Cons
7 Tips for Pitching Your Company in Under a Minute
10 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid in Your SEO Campaign
The 23 Hottest Jobs (and Business Ideas) for 2016
11 Productivity Tools Employees Loved in 2015
Top 10 Tips to Work a Room Like a Champ
Top 10 Sales Books of 2015
Miscellaneous
Meet Li-Fi, the Breakthrough Technology That’s 100 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi
Discovering the Thousand Islands in New York State and Ontario, Canada
15 European Christmas Markets We Love To Love Year After Year
Here’s Your Checklist For a Great Week in Toronto
10 Hacks to Save Time and Boost Productivity
The World’s 10 Most Beautiful Buildings
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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Great Articles. As an interpreter I’m sure these will be very helpful for me. Bookmarked and will come back to read more.
Thanks,Leon.