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Want to find out about the translation events I attended and the CPD I took part in? Interested in news from the translation world? These and many more will be published here.

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BP22

BP22

After last year's presentation at BP21 online, "Business Lessons from 1001 Nights", I am travelling back in the history with "Stoicism for Freelance Translators".  A first unconventional topic for a translation conference asked for a second one of a similar kind and...

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International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day

On the 21st of February, International Mother Language Day is celebrated worldwide.  This year's theme is “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”. We live in multicultural and multilingual societies but we have to make efforts in...

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Time Management

Time Management

One of the books I turn to every now and then is “On the Shortness of Life”. Seneca’s essay is a reminder that our most important resource is our time, the one that we tend to spend as we would have an indefinite amount of. “It is not that we have a short time to...

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F5

F5

Take a step back, change the perspective. Take a step out, get out of the comfort zone. Clear the horizon, see the light. Refresh your view, make new content visible. Push the boundaries, do the impossible. Open doors, step forward. Say good bye, say hello.

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Ringtones

Ringtones

Back in the old times, mobile phones allowed us to select only one of the preset ringtones. One for all the callers. Later on, we could upload our own audio file, flooding our space with our personal preferences. Loud, louder, a new toy. The smarter the phones got,...

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Rechargeable

Rechargeable

Everything is rechargeable, we recharge the batteries of our laptop, smartphone, various devices, when do we recharge ours? We recharge everything so we can do more, work more, connect more, leaving us with so little time to recharge ourselves. A freelance translator...

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