Last Friday I was given the opportunity to attend the event ‘Future-proofing the profession: Equipping the next generation of translators’ organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation in London. Apart from the exquisite (and free!) French...
Look around you. The majority of things you see or have are there thanks to translation… believe me! Maybe the laptop/PC/mobile phone/tablet you are using; or your car; perhaps the shoes you wear, and quite possibly, all the veggies in your fridge (if you are in the...
When you were in school and the teacher threw a question to the class, do you remember raising up your arm and thinking: ‘I know this! Me! Me! Pick me, please!’, do you remember the feeling? I’m sure you do; even if you weren’t the smartest in...
