Translating Swiss German
HAVING A GO AT UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSLATING SWISS GERMAN I haven’t read or heard much Swiss German in my life,…
Situational Awareness
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS / UNDERSTANDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSLATION I wrote this blog for the purpose of relating a certain…
Communication and clarity
COMMUNICATION: THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING AND BEING UNDERSTOOD… DISCUSSED IN A CONTEXT OF TRANSLATION If there is indeed an “art…
Learning a new language from scratch
IF I WERE TO START LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE FROM SCRATCH I am a professional translator, but then anyone who’s…
What is so great about translation tools?
WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT CAT TOOLS? (PART 1 OF 2) Sometimes when translation agencies advertise a given translation project, the…
Cultures Unite Us
OTHER CULTURES WHICH ACTUALLY UNITE PEOPLE AND SUSTAIN SOCIAL COHESION (OR MANNERS OVER IDENTITY POSTURING) Anyone who has travelled a…
Great Video
CHECK OUT THIS GIRL https://www.youtube.com/embed/ibV-DI2kkq0?feature=oembed This is Trixi, a young German woman who has posted a number of educational videos…
How do i translate
This is my tenth year of doing professional translation, and yet I will admit that there are occasions where I…
Strange new words
HOW ABOUT I TALK ABOUT STRANGE NEW WORDS? This is a quickie business blog. http://theweek.com/article/index/238751/14-wonderful-words-with-no-english-equivalent?goback=%2Egde_145268_member_205937942 While their content and general…
Learning language can be fun
HEY KIDS, LEARNING LANGUAGES IS FUN! Foreword: I meant this to be a relatively “fun” blog, but you have to…