Closer wor(l)ds – a blog for linguists
16 October 2019
If you are a foodie translator (or either of the two), then you have come to the right place to celebrate World Food Day with us! […]
31 May 2016
One thing I strongly believe in is that we live to learn something new every day and the best way to do so is by listening […]
26 November 2014
As some of you are aware (or at least I hope you are), there’s this plague affecting the translation profession: it’s called scammers. And by that […]
28 July 2014
As exciting as it may sound, freelancing (whatever the field) is not always the idyllic career that people believe it to be – it can be […]
27 May 2014
The advancements in technology have made it possible for people of different languages, traditions and customs to come into contact. As was expected, translators and interpreters […]
13 February 2014
A professional translator’s job is not as easy as it may look. Bilingual dictionaries, glossaries, the internet at one’s fingertips, an innate curiosity and love of […]
06 February 2014
Some while ago, I had written a post on scammers and how to avoid them. If that post was written from a freelancer’s point of view […]
11 June 2013
Being a writer in today’s digital world means more opportunities for more people. The average amount of content generated every day is so huge that even […]
27 August 2012
1. Clarification. First and foremost you should know that the work of a translator has little to do with that of an interpreter. The right path […]