Category: Translation
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Trapped in Toyland: Effective non-translation in Toy Story
A far cry from last time’s outing, which listed some of the best online resources out there to help you get better acquainted with translation studies as a discipline, today’s post is perhaps a bit more fun. As one of the defining films of my childhood, Toy Story has always had a special place in…
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Exploring Translation Studies Online: Where to start?
With the debate raging on as to whether or not an academic background is a necessity for today’s translator (you can read my take on the subject here), an increasing number of translators are taking the plunge and working towards those translation-specific qualifications or at least considering getting a grip on the academic side of…
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Trust me, I’m a translator
Before getting started with today’s blog post, I just wanted to quickly mention a recent post I was featured in. Over at the Balance Your Words blog, Sara has started a great new series entitled ‘What’s on your desk?’ that gives translators out there a little insight into their fellow professionals’ quirks and working habits…
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Translation as Music
In the past I’ve written about my love for metaphor within translation (on two separate occasions no less) and this post roughly picks up from there. Previously, I’ve taken a look at the metaphors that have been formed over the years in an attempt to shed light upon the (supposedly impossible) task that we, as…
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Guest Post: Mastering LinkedIn with Sara Colombo
HOW TO BE YOURSELF, ATTRACT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND USE LINKEDIN EFFECTIVELY Hello all and thank you for having me here today. How are you? Joseph invited me to write a guest post for his blog and I am glad today we’ll be talking about LinkedIn. Yes, the once professional network that became a social…
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Intralingual problems: A look at localisation
Today’s post takes a brief look at a sub-section within a sub-section of translation: an interesting phenomenon within the world of localisation. And while I don’t really specialise in localisation myself, I have some experience of the process and find it a fascinating area. So what is localisation (or ‘l10n’ for the Twitter-savvy readers out…
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Time for 2014: Reflections and Resolutions
As my blog enters its second year of existence, I thought that now would be as good a time as any to briefly reflect on what has been an exciting year. Looking back over some of the posts from the previous 12 months, there has been a huge range of topics whirring about and I…
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The 12 days of Christmas: A JALTranslation special
Before I sign off for the year, I thought it would be nice to have a little festive fun. Over the course of the last 12 months, I’ve come across a selection of funny images tailor-made for translation nuts and grammar geeks like myself and thought it would be nice to share them on my…
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How Many Things You Love Can You Share in Ten Minutes?
Coming in response to this post from Alina at Inbox Translation (who was inspired by this post from Olga Arakelyan), today’s entry is certainly something a little different. The title is fairly self-explanatory, with the aim of the challenge being to name as many things that you love as possible in just a ten minute…
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