Category: Productivity

Generating bilingual EUR-LEX web addresses in Python

Posted on 3 December 202228 December 2022 by t9natno5

A little bit of Python code for generating URLs for bilingual versions of EU legal texts in Eur-Lex for subsequent alignment.

Stripping non-breaking hyphens in Word

Posted on 20 November 20226 January 2023 by t9natno5

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.

First World War Training Trenches at Bodelwyddan Castle

All Quiet on the Translation Front

Posted on 1 November 20221 November 2022 by t9natno5

Did imposter syndrome issues stem from a poor result in a degree module? Handling imposter syndrome and perfectionism as a translator.

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ETUG 2022 – incorporating eTranslation into Trados workflows

Posted on 18 September 202218 September 2022 by t9natno5

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