The Deadline Curse: Why Your Computer Hates Pressure

Translator’s paradox
Every translator knows that as soon as the project deadline looms, a strange, universal curse descends upon our hardware.
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We’ve all been there: the project is 99% done, the deadline is mere hours away, and suddenly your screen freezes. It’s the Translator’s Paradox—a universally accepted truth that the stability of your technology is inversely proportional to your time remaining. It’s a certainty in our field—the closer it gets to the deadline, the more likely your computer will start acting weird. Suddenly, the CAT tool freezes during the final QA check, the browser crashes with twenty source tabs open, or worse, your perfectly reliable operating system decides now is the ideal time to download a major update. This isn’t just bad luck; it’s a cosmic joke played on those who work best under pressure, reminding us that backing up your work ten minutes ago was, perhaps, a slightly better idea than waiting until the very last second.

Because misery loves company (and a little humor). Purchase this card to instantly connect with your fellow translators and remind them that they are not alone in the tech-meltdown mayhem.

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Christmas cards for translators and interpreters

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December is here, and the holiday season is just around the corner! It’s the perfect time to share a new collection of season’s greetings cards designed especially for translators and interpreters.

As we wrap up the year, let’s take a moment to relax, reconnect, and spread some cheer. Why not send a touch of humor to your colleagues? A lighthearted card can be just the thing to help them unwind and smile during the busy holiday season.

Let’s celebrate the season together—one cheerful card at a time. Wishing you and your colleagues.

Happy Holidays!

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Unique Wedding Card for Translators | Special Gift Ideas

A translator at a wedding
Wedding cards for translators
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Do you know a translator who is about to tie the knot? This card may be just the right present to congratulate them on the special occasion.

Translators can overlook a wide range of faults, but never a typo. Right?

Send this card to the bride and groom-to-be translators to help them relax in preparation for the big day.

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100% of translators and interpreters use AI

translating and interpreting require AI
AI is inherent in all translators and interpreters.
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There! I’ve said it. I believe 100% of translators and interpreters use their AI to work. Being a translator or an interpreter requires intelligence that can be described as astonishing or awe-inspiring. The experience of inhabiting two or more worlds simultaneously is awe-provoking. Translators and interpreters can see the world in one language and then switch to a different language to convey what they’ve just seen, read, and heard.

The more I think about it, the prouder I get. As I see it, AI is inherent in all translators and interpreters. Don’t you agree?

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Valentine’s Day cards for translators and interpreters

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and translators and interpreters also deserve some love, right? These Valentine’s Day cards are an excellent present to send to your colleagues.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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When I’m with you… V1

Would you marry me? V2

Stop typing… V3

I like you so much… V4

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Top scariest horror movies

scariest horror movies for translators
A translator talks about the scariest horror movie in their life.

Continuing with the humourous cartoons about translators I felt the inspiration to create this cartoon playing a little with the most dreaded word a translator can hear —”deadline”.

Translators are an odd type that is most exposed when mingled with other “normal” people. No matter how hard they try to go with the flow, there is always a detail that will give them away. Do you agree?

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Christmas cards for translators

Relax during Xmas

Time to relax

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Translators’ nightmares — “The most dreaded deadline”

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

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Translator’s lifestyle — “sleep on it!”

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