10 Simple Rules Every Translator Should Live By Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] And here comes the very first post of 2015! The holiday season is long gone, New Year’s resolutions have been made. So let’s kick-start another great year full of pleasant surprises and new achievements! Some of you are still Read more…
Merry Christmas And Happy New Year Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] This year had it’s ups and downs but overall it was another amazing year. This is the kind of attitude we all need. I’m a big believer in thinking positively. And believe it or not, good thoughts bring amazing results. I’m Read more…
Antitrust Laws And Translation Industry Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] It is sad that we live in 21st century and yet we have to be dependent on outdated laws and legal practices. I love my profession and I believe that every translator deserves to be compensated fairly for his/her work. We Read more…
Yep, It’s a Scam Alert Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] Proz.com users beware! It seems like Lingvopoint steals identities of Proz users. Big thanks to Chosana Thanabhumi for bringing this to the attention of fellow translators in this forum thread. Lingvopoint has copied profile information (including profile pictures) of hundreds of translators registered at Read more…
Translation Mistake Leads to NATO Scandal Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] This is a great example of how important the job of interpreter is. Even the smallest misinterpretation can lead to international scandals. Recently chosen NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg fell a victim to a translation mistake. The Moscow Times reports that Stoltenberg Read more…
Ebay and Post-Edited Machine Translation Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] I was checking my email a few minutes ago and what do I see? Yet another large translation company offered me an exciting opportunity to train Ebay’s MT (machine translation) engine. What? Post-Edited Machine Translation is still alive? It is certainly looks so. Read more…
Translators Are a Waste of Space, Aren’t We? Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the work I do. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do and truly grateful for every life decision I’ve made. But no matter how hard you try, there always be people who underappreciate your job Read more…
An Open Letter To My Friends @Medium From A Translator Without Pants Reading time: [reading_duration] [/reading_duration] My dear friends at Medium, My name is Dmitry Kornyukhov and I’m a proud member of a secret organization called “Translators Without Pants”. What’s up with the name, you say? Well, apparently (thank you, Noah Ritter for Read more…
