One of my favourite features in Studio 2017 is the filetype preview. The time it can save when you are creating custom filetypes comes from
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‘Freelancer’ – the term we should leave behind in 2016
The new year period is a time to take stock. What’s been good about the year gone by and should be continued and pursued? What’s
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How to deal with questions during a translation project
It is never easy to ask questions. As professionals, we might fear that people reading our questions think we should have known, or found, the
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How to become game translator
A detailed, hype-free report on how to become game translator, from required skills to the best paths to start your career as a video game
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Game Localization and Internationalization Checklist
I’m taking the chance to share again the game localization and internationalization checklist we created at the IGDA LocSIG, a very useful resource based on
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Les facteurs de risques dans la gestion de projet
J’ai pu voir lors de mon stage dans le cadre de la deuxième année du master TSM, que les risques émergent de toutes parts dans
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Multidimensional Quality Metrics Definition
This document defines the Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM) framework. It contains a description of the issue types, scoring mechanism, and markup, as well as informative
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The human role in a machine-translated world
The rise of machine translation has left human translators with an uncertain future. But the translation industry cannot depend on machines alone and won’t be
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La révision comme clé de la gestion de la qualité des traductions en contexte professionnel
Katell Morin-Hernandez. La révision comme clé de la gestion de la qualité des traductions en contexte professionnel. Linguistics. Université Rennes 2, 2009. French. (Thèse)
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Localize Binary or Source Files
(Product Support Center – Alchemy Catalyst) A trend towards binary localization in past years A significant trend over the past number of years is the
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J’ai testé pour vous : la TPBox
Par Marie Surreau, étudiante M2 TSM (Master “Traduction Spécialisée Multilingue”, Université de Lille-SHS) La TPBox est un système de gestion de projet conçu pour les
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Lump it and Like it
A recent argument with an agency about the word count for a job handed in weeks previously has driven home just how sordid this practice
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How to Find and Approach Your Ideal Clients through LinkedIn
Home page LinkedIn is the world’s largest online professional network, with more than 400 million members. This article provides a plethora of tips you can
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Monolingual reference electronic corpora in the translator’s toolbox
This blog post is about the use of electronic corpora, specifically monolingual reference corpora, for translators. It discusses the use of the Google Books Corpus
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Enabling smooth translations from Japanese into English
Major cultural and linguistic differences hamper translation of Japanese documents into English and other European languages. But in every challenge lies an opportunity. Improving Japanese
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Translating as risk management
Risk analysis can be applied to translation in several ways. One application concerns the specificity of translation, where risk is primarily the probability of the
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Technique Pomodoro : quelques tomates par jour, en forme toujours
La technique Pomodoro : l’arme de dégustation massive qui va t’aider à digérer des tonnes de tâches. Petit résumé de la technique, menu, et conseils
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The future of Terminology in the Internet of Things
How does Terminology fit into an Internet of Things world? This blog explores what the future holds. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the
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Busy vs. productive: Finding your productivity nirvana | Looking-Glass Translations
Business shouldn’t be busy: Marie Jackson discusses the importance of efficiency over activity and reveals how to find your productivity nirvana.
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Revisions
By revision I’m referring to a translation being checked against the source by a second translator. A lot of colleagues refer to this as proofreading,
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Standards, Terminology and Europe
We use standards every day, in all aspects of our lives. Some standards have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. Think, for
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Blabbing Translators
Live talk show about translation and translators. #BlabbingTranslators is the first live talk show about the translation profession and translators. Why do this? Well, we
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Why I volunteer for Translators Without Borders
I just completed a translation for Translators Without Borders, my fourth this year. And I must admit I was touched. This time I translated for
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Courts struggle to find interpreters in unusual languages
People speaking rare or unusual languages are often denied timely access to justice due to a shortage of court interpreters with knowledge of their specialized
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Les corpus et la recherche en terminologie et en traductologie
Marc Van Campenhoudt et Rita Temmerman | Érudit | Meta v56 n2 2011, p. 223-225 | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1006173ar L’expression linguistique de corpus ou corpus linguistics semble relativement tardive au
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Red T – Translating and interpreting in conflict zones
Communication is a critical component in modern warfare. Neither intelligence gathering nor logistics nor multinational armed forces can operate unless lines of communication are functioning
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Recommendations for Translation Environments to Improve Translators’ Workflows
Jan Van den Bergh, Eva Geurts, Donald Degraen, Mieke Haesen, Iulianna van der Lek-Ciudin and Karin Coninx (2015). A full list of publications based on
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