A little bit of Python code for generating URLs for bilingual versions of EU legal texts in Eur-Lex for subsequent alignment.
While non-breaking hyphens are useful in Word, they are rendered as tags in Trados – which can cause problems with missing tags in the target translation.
Did imposter syndrome issues stem from a poor result in a degree module? Handling imposter syndrome and perfectionism as a translator.
The European Commission has an MT tool that is available to public administration agencies and authoriities and EU institutions that can be integrated into Trados workflows
Does a translator really switch off? Or do they end up looking for translation errors in restaurant menus. Three lists are key to me in switching off.
Although I am not (yet) a member of the ITI, I follow their content on LinkedIn, and one recent post particularly hit home, to the extent that I felt the need to add some remarks to a post of my own on the issue of “aural health”.
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Always be curious!
Recently a post on Linkedin asked what piece of advice would I give myself at the start of my career. My response was “Always be curious”. Even after two decades as a translator, my curiosity is far from waning.
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Mental Decluttering
In 2014, while travelling around the world, I did a “brain dump”, taking the time to mentally declutter as I travelled around the globe. In 2021, I put an extended period of sick leave to use for the same purpose. What does the future have in store? Python, geocaching and a pain au chocolat…
Why I went for Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays in the office and working from home in the middle of the week – practically the opposite of the TWaT model
Learning a simple function a day in Excel has been a useful step to be proactive in the 4th national lockdown, while still being very busy.