Category Archives: Best practices

Translators’ commandments #7 – “Your translations should flow smoothly”

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“Your translation should flow smoothly” (click on the image to enlarge)

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Translators: beware of spelling mistakes during the Easter holiday!

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Translators at Easter

Spelling mistakes during Easter

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Phrases that get on translators’ nerves II

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Translators’ best rate

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Phrases that get on translators and interpreters’ nerves

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Translators vs interpreters

Translators work with written texts and interpreters work with spoken utterances

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The magic in translation

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How translators handle procrastination

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Procrastination: the evil every translator has to face.

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An infant translator: transitional objects

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A translator-to-be

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Interpreting fails

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Booth interpreter

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How does a translator know it is time to stop working for the day?

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A freelance translator at the doctor’s office: carpal tunnel syndrome

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A translator at the doctor’s office

Many translators suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome: a painful condition of the hand and fingers caused by compression of a major nerve where it passes over the carpal bones through a passage at the front of the wrist. It may be caused by continual repetitive movements or by fluid retention.


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