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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...
Andrew Morris
Sep 5, 20241 min read
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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...
Zeinab Eltaher
Sep 2, 20243 min read
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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...
Andrew Morris
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Morris
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Morris
Aug 15, 20241 min read
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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...
Andrew Morris
Aug 8, 20241 min read
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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...
Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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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...
Cecilia Lolli
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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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...
Andrew Morris
Aug 1, 20245 min read
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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...
Yuna Guillamot
Jul 29, 20242 min read
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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...
Zeinab Eltaher
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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A Tale of Collaborative and Valuable Teamwork
One day, a woman from Texas decided to write a book for children. She realized her culture is very rich, where you can find Spanish and...
Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Jul 22, 20242 min read
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Translation in my life
It’s a sunny day in Araraquara, a not-so-small town in the state of São Paulo. This day got me thinking about the transition I'm going...
Priscila Themer Paolini
Jul 15, 20242 min read
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Cultivating Personal Growth Through Humanitarian Translation
In the intricate web of human connection, language serves as the vital thread that binds us together. Yet, language barriers often erect...
Subrina Afrin
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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Struggles with Crowdin: A Volunteer Translator’s Perspective
As a volunteer for ProZ Pro Bono, I get to use Crowdin for my volunteer translations. To say that getting to know the tool hasn’t been...
Yuna Guillamot
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Poetry in translation and translation of poetry
Thanks to Chinthi and a conversation about translating translations of poems. In my eyes, there is poetry in everything. The way a vine...
Yuna Guillamot
Jul 1, 20242 min read
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A Pro Bono story: Progressive International
Are translators born or made? Here’s my take on this rhetorical question. As a child, I had exceptionally blond hair. As a child, I liked...
Cecilia Lolli
Jun 28, 20242 min read
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The Story of a Business Owner who Realized How Important Translators Are
One day, there was a business owner looking for a translator to edit his educational products to learn Spanish. This person had doubts...
Oscar Felipe Núñez Alfaro
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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A Difficult Word to Translate in your Mother Tongue
Have you ever encountered a word in your mother tongue that you didn’t know how to translate? I was telling a non-Arabic speaking friend...
Zeinab Eltaher
Jun 25, 20243 min read
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The Symphony of Life: Balancing Music, Humanitarianism, and Translation
Life often resembles a delicate symphony, a harmonious blend of diverse elements that come together to create a unique masterpiece. For...
Mica Ruiz
Jun 17, 20243 min read
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