Translators’ sayings

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Translators’ sayings

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This cartoon is inspired on Curri Barceló‘s excellent initiative on Twitter, encouraging tweets from translators about sayings adapted for translators in Spanish.

You can see all the tweets following this hashtag #dichosparatraductores (#translatorsayings in English).

You can follow Curri on Twitter at @currixan.

One of the sayings used in this cartoon, i.e. “Don’t count your TMs before they’re matched”, is by  @saulphil

You can see a more complete list with most of the tweets here.

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Translators’ nightmares — “A translator at the Tattoo Shop”

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Productivity for translators — CAT

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A translator with a cat on her lap

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Translator’s lifestyle — “sleep on it!”

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Translators’ nightmares: “Just this one tiny favor”

 

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A translator at a party

Translators, unite! Who else finds themselves enthusiastically dropping fun language facts to an increasingly bewildered audience at social gatherings? We just can’t keep all that amazing information to ourselves, can we? The trick is finding someone who loves hearing them as much as we love sharing!

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A translator at a restaurant

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A freelance translator goes on vacation

A translator going on vacation

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A freelance translator’s letter to Santa

A freelance translator's letter to Santa -- click on the image to enlarge

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The perfect present for a freelance translator has arrived! Mox: Illustrated Guide to Freelance Translation by Alejandro Moreno-Ramos is a must-have for all the translators out there with a sense of humor who are also willing to take some time to reflect on the actors in the translation industry and the role each of them plays. It is very likely that you will also pick your favorite and least favorite characters in Mox’s book (chances are you will find some similarities between yourself and at least one of them).

Apart from numerous hilarious first-ever-published cartoons the book features thirteen articles by the following renowned freelance translators:

  1. Alex Eames
  2. Benny Lewis
  3. Céline Graciet
  4. Corinne McKay
  5. Jill Sommer
  6. Judy Jenner
  7. Kevin Lossner
  8. Laurent Laget
  9. Pablo Muñoz
  10. Ramón Somoza
  11. Rose Newell
  12. Sarah M. Dillon
  13. Steve Vitek

So if you are a translator and you have not written your letter yet, make sure you add this item to your list.

You’ll have a fun holiday season!

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Freelance translator’s lifestyle — Getting ready for the holiday season

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Christmas and New Year’s Eve are just around the corner. Are you planning to work during the holiday season? Are you ready to receive a last-minute job offer?

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