What to look for in a legal translator

The word ‘legal’ always sounds big and scary; but why wouldn’t it? Aristotle once said “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst”. Most of us want to stay noble, don’t we? Or at least stay out of trouble; hence our...

Beyond volunteering

A few days ago, I read an article about the opportunities that volunteering translation can offer a translator. The most remarkable one (other than generally contributing to a good cause, of course) is growing your translation experience. If you are a freelance...

Transcreation? What’s that?

Some of you may already have come across the term ‘transcreation’, but do you know what it is? In short, ‘transcreation’ is creative translation for the advertising industry. Although it’s been around for a while, it is now that it’s becoming increasingly popular and...