In my free time, I like to play with websites. I am currently working on a project to help an organization move its website into WordPress. Unlike designing a website from scratch, I have to recreate the existing design by using my knowledge of CSS, PHP, and Javascript. This process creates some real challenges, and [...]
The ATA Language Technology Division recently shared an informative lecture about the use of language technology in European institutions. The lecture was presented last year at the META-FORUM 2011 in Budapest, a conference about technology solutions for multilingual Europe. (More videos from this conference are available online at META-FORUM 2011.) I didn’t know much about META [...]
About a year ago, the opportunity to move to Germany presented itself. I laughed. Why would I ever move to Germany? Six months later, I started seriously considering it as an option. Soon after that, I started studying German. Now I am writing this blog post as I sit in my living room in Aachen, [...]
Today is the feast of St. Jerome, patron saint of translators. And so we celebrate it as International Translation Day, as well! This is a day to reflect not only on our day-to-day work, but also on our role in this global culture. As the world changes and technology brings us closer together, translators are [...]
I have to admit something that’s just a little bit very nerdy: I love proofreading. I love diving into sentences, eradicating stray punctuation marks and comma splices. I also enjoy editing, where I have the power to rewrite entire sentences if need be. (And I do mean need—I have been on the receiving end of [...]
