Search Results for: Ines Bojlesen

Photo Credit: HubSpot This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen “Are you comfortable translating a project about social media and millennials? Are you familiar with the latest idioms and language used?” I recently received this … [Read more...] about We Are Neither This Nor That

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen Our daily life, whether as translators or interpreters, is extremely demanding on our bodies and minds. We overlook or ignore the strain we put on our systems and only realize it when red flags … [Read more...] about Our Posture Matters

Photo Credit: Pixabay This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen The romanticized image of a translator is typically that of a casually dressed person sitting in front of a computer monitor, surrounded by books and papers, focused on … [Read more...] about Recovering from a Catastrophic Failure

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen I often get into interesting arguments with translators and editors over the use of a certain word, a verb, or terminology in general. I thoroughly enjoy that this interaction is possible. Not all … [Read more...] about Grammatically Correct

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen “That will never happen to me” is a concept that has no place in our reality as translators, especially when we are asked to sign a service or a confidentiality agreement. Please bear in mind that … [Read more...] about Disagreeing to Agree