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24/07/2014To non-native English speakers, a wide range of English words are able to produce anything from a smirk to outright laughter. Here we look at ten of the most amusing.
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21/07/2014Individuals who are prone to procrastinating may struggle to organise their time sufficiently well to carve out a successful freelance career. However, even the most organised and efficient individual can sometimes fall prey to certain productivity killers.
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17/07/2014Dr Seuss�'s quotes aren�'t just for the young. Here we present ten of his most inspiring quotes that, if kept in mind, will help to make you a better translator.
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14/07/2014Are some languages actually spoken faster than others, or do they just sound that way to those who don�'t understand them?
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08/07/2014With freelance translators spending so much of their day sitting, ensuring your chair is suitable for translating is essential, so here we examine five ways in which you can ensure your chair is working with you rather than against you.
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03/07/2014This 4th of July, US citizens will be celebrating Independence Day across the country. Here at Tomedes, our team of professional freelance translators will also be celebrating their independence �' from the 9-5 mindset!
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01/07/2014You can spend hours working on a document and have the �'perfect�' translation in front of you, having read through it multiple times in order to check it. Yet within ten minutes of you sending it to the client, he�'s on the phone querying a mistake on the first page.
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26/06/2014Languages are constantly evolving and are fascinating to linguists such as professional translators thanks to their mixture of commonly used words and those rarer gems that only make it into sentences from time to time.
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24/06/2014We previously examined 10 things that make translators want to scream, examining a range of linguistic and work-related frustrations and we felt it was only right to present tips for how to deal with them.
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19/06/2014Working as a professional translator is generally a rewarding and fulfilling career, but as with any job there can be moments when work becomes frustrating.
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