Do we respect our own languages? Part 1 (English)
Most native speakers of any language converse every day without even thinking about what language they are using, what using that language means and how they feel about using that language.
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Weekly translation favorites (June 18-24)
Weekly series of posts based on our favorite tweeted content over the past week. Topics: translation, languages, freelancing, writing, social media and business.
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Twitter : 10 erreurs à éviter
Sophie Dinh recently translated my 10 Common Mistakes on Twitter post for the May issue of the APROTRAD newletter. It is a pleasure to re-publish it for the French-speaking readers of this blog.
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Translation favorites (June 11-17)
Weekly series of posts based on our favorite tweeted content over the past week. Topics: translation, languages, freelancing, writing, social media and business.
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Silencing Bilingualism – The Problems with Sign Language Stigma
The collective results of neurological and psychological studies show that bilingual thinking has a profound effect on the brain’s executive function, and bilingualism produces positive results in areas ranging from greater cognitive flexibility and faster response times to staving off dementia.
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Transformation from employee to freelancer
The purpose of this post is to provide a background for an upcoming webinar I’m hosting entitled Change of role – Transformation from employee to freelancer.
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Weekly favorites (June 4-10)
Weekly series of posts based on our favorite tweeted content over the past week. Topics: translation, languages, freelancing, writing, social media and business.
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First Steps For Your Translation Business – Part II
In Part I of this series, I talked about the general business issues you need to think before setting up a translation business. This second part therefore deals with websites, social media profiles and other networks, followed by a case study of my own business that is currently still in the planning stage. Website, Social…
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