Healthy habits for translators I — Avoid encounters with people who tend to misplace the apostrophe.

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Romina Bona

Avoid encounters with people who tend to misplace the apostrophe (click on the image to enlarge it)

This cartoon is inspired by the haiku competition organized by The Guardian last week to celebrate International Apostrophe Day (#apostropheday on Twitter).

One of the speech bubbles is very similar to the the winning haiku by @ApostropheLaw: “I’ve run out of food./I’m going to eat the dogs./What apostrophe?”

If you find the misuse of the apostrophe irritating you can report the instances you encounter to the Apostrophe Protection Society.

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What you should never “EVER” say to a professional translator

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Romina Bona

What you should never “EVER” say to a translator (click on the image to enlarge)

Translators are sensitive people, so you need to be extra careful with the words you choose to approach them.

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Where do translators spend the summer?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Romina Bona

Where do translators spend the summer?

“Translators” and “going on vacation” are not usually combined in the same sentence. Guess why.

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A translator at a party III

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Romina Bona

A translator at a party III

Translators may act a little weird at parties.

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Happy father’s day, translator!

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Romina Bona

Happy father's day (click on the image to enlarge)

Father’s day for a freelance translator

Freelance translators also celebrate Father’s Day and they always hope for the same present.

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How do you know a translator is depressed?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Romina Bona

How do you know a translator is depressed?

When translators are depressed, they are not even interested in correcting your grammar mistakes.

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John Cleese and David Mitchell do not seem to be depressed as they do take some minutes to explain the language error in “could care less” in these videos: “Could care less” and Dear America… | David Mitchell’s SoapBox

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Your worst nightmare

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Romina Bona

A translator’s worst nightmare

Translators are obsessed with language and are passionate about it so one of the worst things that can happen to them is finding writing errors in their sleep.

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