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Hold your horses
No problem, it'll all be ready by morning (Image via Global Nerdy I received an enquiry from a potential client asking whether I could verbally translate 400,000 words of specialised texts into...
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A handshake or poke in the eye?
A while back I read an article by the BBC discussing the declining use of “Dear…” in emails. I’ll admit that at the time I felt my blood pressure rise ever so slightly and I felt the stirrings of a...
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The Rube Goldberg Approach to Translation
As a general rule I don’t have too much of an issue with doing test translations for new clients or agencies. Some really good agencies even pay translators for these tests. The logic behind test...
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Starting out as a translator or interpreter?
I don’t normally post announcements about events and training courses here but I though I would make an exception just this once. You’ll figure out why soon enough! The Irish Translators’ &...
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Scientific & Technical Translation Explained
Scientific and Technical Translation Explained A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Beginners Jody Byrne ISBN: 978-1-905763-36-8 (pbk), 230 pages From microbiology to nuclear physics and chemistry to software...
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A Translator’s Guide to Building a Website
I recently gave a talk to translation students at Dublin City University on how to set up and build your own website. For translators, having a website is pretty essential these days but many people...
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Helping Learners Figure it out for Themselves
I’ve been working a lot lately on creating e-learning lessons based on branching scenarios. Where branching scenarios differ from traditional lessons is that they are less linear and they put learners...
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Workshop on Technical Translation
To mark the official launch of my book Scientific and Technical Translation Explained, I will be giving a workshop on technical translation at the Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin on 20th October. This...
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ITIA Workshop 2012 Slides
To mark the official launch of my book “Scientific and Technical Translation Explained” I gave a CPD workshop on technical translation at the Irish Translators’ & Interpreters’ Association on 20th...
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Of tomatoes, translators and the importance of context
Sometimes technology doesn’t make life easy for translators. Sometimes translators don’t make life easy for themselves either. I was recently trying to explain to a fellow translator why I always...
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