PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS SHOULD NOT NEGLECT TO ASSERT THAT THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS (WITHOUT BLOWING THEIR OWN TRUMPET, OF COURSE) Every…

WHETHER I’M RIGHT OR WRONG IN MY TRANSLATION WORK, MY LIFE GOES ON – BUT DOES IT MATTER? RATHER THAN…

JUST BECAUSE I DO WHAT A “TYPICAL” TRANSLATOR DOES – DOES THAT MAKE ME A “TYPICAL” TRANSLATOR AND NOTHING BUT?…

I learned of this video on some blog or similar marketing article written by Speaking World in Stornoway – even…

THIS SONG MADE ME HAPPY In one of my earliest comments on here (dated 3rd October 2011) I talked about…

One thing I recently thought of doing here: I thought of looking for an English text which I would have…

HOW LONG DOES ONE’S REPUTATION AS A “MASTER LINGUIST” – AND A TRANSLATOR IS A “MASTER LINGUIST” AS FAR AS…

THE PATH TO BECOMING (OR SHOULD THAT BE “BEING?”) A TRANSLATOR It’s a translator’s life… Anyone who has read any…

ARE THERE LIMITS TO THE APPRECIATION OF TRANSLATION AS AN ART? Just for a moment, try to imagine what the…

MY POSITION ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN SCHOOLS Lots of schools teach foreign languages these days and many…

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