Blog
Please do enjoy and follow my journey below.
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Welcome to my Journey
Welcome to the very first post on my brand new website where I aim to share with you my translation journey and its trials tribulations and successes. I aim to post at the very…
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Struggling for Ideas
This morning, I was struggling for post ideas, both for here and LinkedIn. We’ve all been there, stuck looking at a bunch of blank Post-It notes like the kid above, willing our brains to…
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AI Translation: Is it all it’s cracked up to be?
I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and discuss the use of AI in terms of translation. Sure, it enables many people to increase turnaround times and save money by getting an AI…
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Public Growth and the Different Art of Subtitling
The last couple of weeks have seen me grow into a translator and somebody who now has work to his name that is publicly available for everyone to see. My volunteering as a TED…
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Online Networking and the Translation Profession
Almost, a couple of weeks ago now, I attended an online networking session with a group of relatively new freelances set up by the lovely, Silke Kogler as part of this peer group she…
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The Dichotomy of the Personal and the Professional
Within work, we are all taught to separate our personal and professional lives, however, this is not always 100% possible as we are, humans after all. It can bleed into our lives in unexpected,…
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Learning the Art of Translation (for TED Translators)
Over the last week I completed my first translation for TED Translators. I admit that I did give myself a challenge by translating a 17 minute long video, with over 2000 words of transcribed…
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Learning the Art of Transcription
Last week, I got more involved with TED Translators who allow people to volunteer to translate TEDx talks. The smaller, locally organised and community led talks that TED promote. I decided to do this…