Contextually Correct Expressions
THE ART OF (MORE HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED) TRANSLATION: HOW CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT EXPRESSIONS AREN’T ALWAYS ACCEPTED. ARE THERE ANY STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR…
Rejection of platitude
THERE’S NO REJECTION OF PLATITUDES LIKE A TRANSLATOR’S REJECTION OF PLATITUDES I’m going to start this comment by saying something…
Seldom smooth going
PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION IS SELDOM SMOOTH-GOING (WHATEVER YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT IT). BUT I ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO APPRECIATE IT, AND…
Appreciation of translation
SO WHAT DO I TALK ABOUT IN THIS COMMENT? I SUPPOSE THAT, IF ANYTHING, I DISCUSS MY APPRECIATION OF HOW…
Agencies have their merits
PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS SHOULD NOT NEGLECT TO ASSERT THAT THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS (WITHOUT BLOWING THEIR OWN TRUMPET, OF COURSE) Every…
Life goes on
WHETHER I’M RIGHT OR WRONG IN MY TRANSLATION WORK, MY LIFE GOES ON – BUT DOES IT MATTER? RATHER THAN…
Am i a typical translator
JUST BECAUSE I DO WHAT A “TYPICAL” TRANSLATOR DOES – DOES THAT MAKE ME A “TYPICAL” TRANSLATOR AND NOTHING BUT?…
Should have taken a language class
I learned of this video on some blog or similar marketing article written by Speaking World in Stornoway – even…
This song made me happy
THIS SONG MADE ME HAPPY In one of my earliest comments on here (dated 3rd October 2011) I talked about…
Greenpeace
One thing I recently thought of doing here: I thought of looking for an English text which I would have…