Pre-Set Expressions
Recently in my work as a professional translator I have been focussing on pre-set expressions, and asking myself whether or…
Connecting On LinkedIn
One person who has recently offered to connect with me on LinkedIn is Susana Hourbeigt, whose profile lists her as…
Translation for a Living
I’m sure that I just missed something out with my last business Facebook comment – I’d say that this is…
Translation Is An Art
I’m guessing that it’s easy to say – or should that be “plead”? – that believing in things like power…
New Year New Post
While my income-earning activity amounts to little more than sitting at a laptop searching for translation projects online, receiving them,…
The practice of translation
LET’S WEIGH THE PRACTICE OF TRANSLATION AGAINST THAT OF FICTION WRITING In addition to several non-fictional works, many works of…
Self corroborative text
TRANSLATION AND THE WONDER OF SELF-CORROBORATIVE TEXT I’m very sure that most of us have read any number of fatuous…
The Importance Of Positive Thinking
Like all entrepreneurs, I could go on and on about the importance of positive thinking in the pursuit of any…
Appeasing The Difficult
APPEASING THE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC CRITICS OF MY TRANSLATION WORK At some point in your life you may have heard someone…
An Honest Mans View
I’m going to say something which may sound counter-intuitive by the standards of common business values: I want your help…