Category: Productivity

Summer Reading – time away from the office

Posted on 13 August 202413 August 2024 by t9natno5

As I head out of the office to take in the lakes and mountains of Western Austria with my family, I’ve also got a reading list.

aerial view photography of islet surround by body of water

No Man is an Island – John Donne or Jon Bon Jovi? From Rock star to SPLSU

Posted on 31 July 202416 February 2025 by t9natno5

Am I quoting a metaphysical poet or am I still a rock star? In-house translators still have a lot of potential to stand out from the crowd.

Load-shedding – when meetings and calls get too much

Posted on 20 April 202423 April 2024 by t9natno5

How meetings and calls get too much when you are managing tinnitus and a cognitively demanding job.

Busting the 100% productivity myth: great(ly exaggerated corporate) expectations

Posted on 3 March 202427 October 2024 by t9natno5

100% efficiency is an illusion – despite any claims of the corporate world to the contrary. Don’t beat yourself up about it, but make sure you communicate clearly with your customer from the outset.

Not just a one-trick pony – How job crafting works

Posted on 24 August 202319 December 2023 by t9natno5

An in-house translator may be viewed as a “one-trick pony”. They just translate all the time, right? How non-translation-based activities can help translators to flourish.