Not just a one-trick pony – How job crafting works
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.
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Category: Work/life balance
It’s good to talk about LangTech – and to attend physical meetings
Why presence meetings still have a role and also why we need to talk about LangTech.
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Understanding your time/activity sheets: getting more out and analysing them to propose a simplification
Every considered the link between a London taxi and time/activity logging and charging strategies for translators?
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All Quiet on the Translation Front
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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How in-house translators spend their holiday(s)
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.
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Colleagues, Translators, Interpreters – look after your ears!
Although I am not (yet) a member of the ITI, I follow their content on LinkedIn, and one recent post
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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…
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Please forgive me for not being a TWaT.
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
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