Tag: Translation

  • There’s one pandemic you need to fear: functional illiteracy

    We have just gone through one “pandemic”, and now some “experts” are telling us that the next one is just round the corner. Humbug! But there’s one actual pandemic that should strike fear into everyone’s heart. Its name? FI, or functional illiteracy.

  • Perfectionism and passion pay solid dividends

    Everyone should do for a living what they feel passionate about and love doing—and then be really good at it.

  • Common translator mistakes

    No, this is not about mistakes translators make in the texts they translate, but rather about the mistakes they make in presenting themselves to the world. Native language As everyone knows, professional translators translate into their native language (or native languages in the case of true bilinguals) and no other language. It doesn’t matter how…