Autumn reading – healthier than doom scrolling
Books also make you think, whereas much of social media seems to serve little cognitively enriching purpose.
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Category: Work/life balance
The need to manage when you’re “just about managing” – make sure to “take a break”
As autumn arrives – it is really important to take time for self-care routines as the days get shorter.
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Why we need XITL in addition to MITL and HITL
MITL and HITL approaches to human-machine interaction in translation suit the translation industry – XITL is what the translation profession needs.
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Summer Reading – time away from the office
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.
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Xitter – no place for an Expert in the Lead
I’ve decided to stop posting and contributing on Twitter/X
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Load-shedding – when meetings and calls get too much
How meetings and calls get too much when you are managing tinnitus and a cognitively demanding job.
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Busting the 100% productivity myth: great(ly exaggerated corporate) expectations
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.
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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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