Most translators are highly aware of client confidentiality. We handle new documents carefully, delete and shred old documents judiciously, and remove identifying or sensitive information when asking other translators for advice with tricky passages. But how closely do we look at our emails? I recently received an email from an agency, requesting my help with [...]
Spanish translators (whether you work to or from Spanish) may be interested in the wealth of resources offered by the ATA’s Spanish Language Division. The latest SPD newsletter highlights an entire page of their website devoted to resources for business administration, all kinds of useful tools, and an impressive list of glossaries. I encourage everyone [...]
About a year ago, I heard about Linguee. At the time, it was a search tool for a corpus of German and English texts. Unlike Google’s translated search, Linguee did not use machine translations. Every text in its corpus was translated by a human. In other words, searching for a phrase like “Articles of Incorporation” [...]
I have mentioned that in order to keep myself focused at work, I use the Pomodoro Technique and the Focus Booster timer. To be honest, however, I mostly use these techniques to focus my translation work. When I am doing administrative work, blogging, writing emails, and grading students’ papers, I usually don’t use Pomodoro Technique. [...]
