A Song To Translate From Your Mother Tongue
A non-Arabic-speaking friend of mine asked me about the lyrics of an Egyptian song that she listened to. I looked up the lyrics and...
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Cecilia Lolli
Oct 183 min read
Walking the linguistic tightrope: a day in the life of a translator
Working with Italian and German simultaneously is a unique experience that challenges and stimulates the mind in equal measure.
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Zeinab Eltaher
Oct 53 min read
My First Pro Bono Anniversary
September was very special as it was the Pro Bono anniversary. October is no less special for a variety of reasons. In the northern...
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Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Sep 303 min read
My Experience Volunteering For Wiki Project Med (Part 1)
Proz Pro Bono supports many non-profit organizations around the world. One of them is the Wiki Project Med Foundation, which has the goal...
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Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Sep 272 min read
Raising Your Rates: Making Your Services more valuable and desirable
If you are a freelancer like me, charging the best rate for your work is probably very difficult. When I started to work as a Spanish...
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Andrew Morris
Sep 191 min read
Translation Postcard from Cardenas, Cuba
Welcome to Cardenas, Cuba, where the aroma of fresh bread mingles with the cries of street peddlers, and horse-drawn carriages aren't...
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Subrina Afrin
Sep 162 min read
Unlocking Language Mastery: Top 10 YouTube Channels for Translators and Interpreters
In the ever-expanding world of language and communication, translators and interpreters play a crucial role in bridging linguistic gaps....
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Andrew Morris
Sep 121 min read
Translation Postcard from Tartus, Syria
Ask your average viewer of the news what comes to mind when you say “Syria”, and you’re unlikely to hear them describe a liberal,...
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Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Sep 62 min read
How to Avoid Scammers and Find Valuable Clients.
When I started working as a freelancer in 2022, I created accounts on Fiverr and Upwork. They looked awesome to start earning some money....
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Andrew Morris
Sep 51 min read
Translation Postcard from Taoyuan, Taiwan
It's the place where tradition meets tech, old meets new, of towering landscapes and no less towering skyscrapers towers. So many...
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Zeinab Eltaher
Sep 23 min read
Perks Of Translation
I’ve been to Sri Lanka twice and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t learn much about its rich and complicated history, ethnicities and...
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Andrew Morris
Aug 291 min read
Translation Postcard from Czarny Kierz
We've recently discovered some great world cities, and climatic extremes. This week we venture into the old heart of Central Europe, and...
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Andrew Morris
Aug 221 min read
Translation Postcard from New York City
Few cities are as legendary or occupy such a place in the world's imagination as New York. The first port for weary travellers, the...
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Andrew Morris
Aug 151 min read
Translation Postcard from Finnsnes
We often dwell on what cultural changes we face if we move to a new country, or perhaps the linguistic challenges. But what happens when...
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Andrew Morris
Aug 81 min read
Translation Postcard from Cairo
Kickboxing, interpreting and a delicious dish called Ta'amya... Discover the life and times of a fearless womantrepreneur in Cairo in a...
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Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Aug 52 min read
The Story About The Prize For Working Hard
On a summer day, Laura, a lovely 30-year-old woman, was translating many projects into French and was overwhelmed because she had to...
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Cecilia Lolli
Aug 22 min read
Lit and tourism: 3 things in common
I have just come back from a vacation on an island close to my native culture. Life flows slower on islands. They have a little...
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Andrew Morris
Aug 15 min read
Bursting the Bubble -Translator realities around the world
This article was first published in MultiLingual in 2021. Anyone venturing into the online translator space in 2014, as I did for the...
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Yuna Guillamot
Jul 292 min read
From Chaos to Clarity: Taming Crooked Tables in Translation
While working for ProZ Pro Bono and participating in the give-and-take that volunteering in a group of like-minded generous professionals...
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Zeinab Eltaher
Jul 263 min read
What Is Writing to You?
“I write because I love writing. I mean I love it in a way that makes the question ‘Why do you write?’ seem strange and incomprehensible...
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