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
Can ‘Untranslatable’ Words Make Us Happier? Learn About the Positive Lexicography Project
Useful for medical translators: WHO | Process of translation and adaptation of instruments
Don’t let your website get lost in translation: Resolving issues with international targeting
Useful for medical translators: Translations of reporting guidelines in many languages
The language faculty that wasn’t: a usage-based account of natural language recursion
Awesome Tips About Language and Translation From 8 Unlikely Sources
Do You Even Language, Bro? Understanding Why Nouns Become Verbs
Interesting for tech translators: Essential watch terms for beginners
Linguistic Considerations When Localizing Brand or Product Names
Ireland’s international tech sector bumps up against language barrier
13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using
6 Major Moments in Translation and Interpreting History
The Ultimate Checklist for Website Translation Projects
Lost in Translation? Marketing to Bilingual Consumers
28 Spanish Phrases & Jokes That Don’t Quite Translate
Why the Google Translate Widget Hurts Your Brand
Five Lost Languages Rediscovered in Massachusetts
The Bitter Fight Over the Benefits of Bilingualism
Anatoly Liberman: Hunting unknown etymologies
Why does Britain have such bizarre place names?
Top 5 Mechanical Engineering Glossaries
Passive voice peeving and ignorance
spreading linguistic misinformation
Ask Me Anything call recording
Read those translation contracts
Lessons in Translation
Working on the cheap
Blogging, Writing, Productivity
12 Bad Habits That Are Making You Less Productive
16 bad habits that are sabotaging your productivity
Social media
9 Things to Take Your LinkedIn Profile and Resume from Good to Great
Social media automation: good, bad or in the middle?
Marketing, Business, Web Design
9 Professional Email Signature Tips—With Best Template Examples
17 Things People Absolutely Hate About Your Website
10 Products and Services Startups Need to Succeed
10.5 Pro Tips to Nail Your Next Presentation
TechTO launches new SalesTO meetup
15 High-Paying Jobs in 2016
Miscellaneous, Tech
A Largeness of Contemplation: Bertrand Russell on Intuition, the Intellect, & the Nature of Time
Maybe It’s Not Such A Great Idea To Bring People Back After Brain Death
Here are the top summer songs of the past 30 years
How to really annoy a graphic designer
The harsh truth about speed-reading
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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