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They say that every proofreader or proof reader suffers from OCD. Do they? Jokes aside, being thorough is a fundamental condition for those who long to pursue this profession.

Talking about translation and the beginning of a translation business is the easiest and most difficult thing for me to do. Easier because it is one of my favourite subjects and harder, because there are so many things to talk about, still so many things to experience that I barely know where to start.

What does a professional translator do? What and why does he do what he does? Let's find out

Doing translation work from home and your productivity is good until your kids come back from school? Learn to set some boundaries to make sure that even though you work from home, they understand you mean business

Much is said of the Translation Project Manager (the so-called PM) in a translation agency. Find out more to work better with your PM and get more jobs.

Dubbing has been part of the lives of many French moviegoers. Today it remains very strong thanks to Netflix and Co, and is an industry looking for good professionals.

One of the main questions professional translators ask is: Should I work translation for direct clients or translation agencies? Well, let's find out.

You are a freelance translator, working from home? On a long assignment with a tight deadline? It is lunch, and you don't have a lot of time on your hands and you start taking shorcuts and making bad food choices. Yet, Healthy eating should be part of your routine as translators.

Translation can be controversial when it comes to language teaching. Yet, as a former French language teacher in my youth, some of the best and unforgettable teaching moments came with the use of translation.

Let’s talk translator's productivity and organisation. How organized and productive are you? And if you are not, what you can you about it

For a long time, I felt frustrated when defending my practices as a freelance interpreter. Until one day, I changed my approach...

Put simply, it is the translator's job to convey information in a complete, accurate and appropriate way in the target language, while keeping in mind the function of the text and the audience.

The Web is a double-edged sword: the same ease of access offered by millions of texts on the most varied subjects allows you to search everything: the good, the bad and the ugly.

With the BreXit, the translation market might be on hold for a while. What it means for us translators is that we might have an opportunity to do some catching-up.

Once again, a discussion took place on the joint use of Machine Translation and Computer-Assisted Translation or Computer-Aided Translation as translation tools used by professional translators.

Recent experiences have led me to reassess my performance in terms of productivity when faced with a long translation project.

We try and answer simple questions such as “How does the subtitling market work?” or “Are there many subtitling jobs such as subtitling for netflix?” or “Do I need to attend a subtitling workshop?”

The life and work as a translator make you often think about productivity. What motivates and what hinders our work routine, and how all this translates on our image and our professional success as translators.

You have an English to French text to translate? Before you order, review my suggestions to optimise the translation process with the source text to send to your translator.

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