Recent Posts Tagged With 'translation'

• Kelly Translates

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 17:38 in blogs, translation, translating, translation & interpreting

  A short post today as I don’t have the time or energy to write the second part of my Twitter series. I wanted to let you all know that I have revived my translation blog, Kelly Translates. Most of you probably don’t remember the original ...

• Translating Recipes

  Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 05:02 in recipes, food, cooking, languages, translation, food & drink, translating, translation & interpreting

  Many language learners and food lovers have toyed with the idea of translating recipes as a way to hone their translations skills and/or as a means of obtaining “authentic” recipes. These days you can use Google to search for Italian reci...

• TED Open Translation Project

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 04:43 in languages, translation, volunteer work, translators, translation & interpreting, open-translation project

  Natasha emailed me a few days ago and asked me to post this press release about the TED Open Translation Project. Translators and language specialists who are looking for volunteer work should consider visiting the project’s website to learn mo...

• EU Needs More English Translators

  Posted on Saturday February 21st, 2009 at 10:46 in education, languages, translation, eu, interpreting, interpreters

  I came across this article on the BBC website yesterday. The article highlights the lack of native English speakers pursuing careers as translators and interpreters within the EU institutions. As a result, the EU has launched a recruitment drive for ...

• Working as a Volunteer Translator

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 13:43 in Chinese, languages, translation, archaeology

  It’s the weekend again and the end of another slightly chaotic week at work. I’ve been given some more translation work to do so posts may be a little sporadic over the next few days. I have two new language learner interviews to post on ...

• Thoughts on Translation

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 16:58 in thoughts, Chinese, translation, language learning

  For the past few months, I’ve been translating news articles and biographies for the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Archaeology (you can see the institute’s website here). This has been a fantastic way for me to de...