Author Archives: Richard Samson

About Richard Samson

I’m a teacher living in Osona, Spain. I'm into tennis, dogs, and chickens. I’m also interested in translation and Moodle (well, digital tools for teaching, in general).

Word of the year 2024

It’s that time of year. Dictionary publishers are telling us about the trends they have detected in 2024. In this article we focus on six English picks, and we will also add some Catalan and Spanish selections when they are … Continue reading

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Día Internacional de la Traducción 2024

Traductores e intérpretes de todo el mundo celebramos la festividad de San Jerónimo, el Día Internacional de la Traducción, declarado como tal por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en 2017. Este año, el tema elegido por la Federación … Continue reading

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“The Lord of the Rings” at 70

“The Fellowship of the Ring”, the first volume of Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”, appeared on 29 July 1954, some seventy years ago. To mark the anniversary, Tradiling is publishing this short article on the challenges of translating Tolkien’s … Continue reading

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Record de la Xesca

L’11 de juny 2014 ens va deixar la Francesca Bartrina, professora del Departament de Traducció, Interpretació i Llengües Aplicades, companya, amiga, professora, investigadora, pionera, mare, font d’energia, recordada avui i sempre. Podria Beatriu crear com Dante O cantar Laura la … Continue reading

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Translating for universities

On Wednesday 22 May we will be holding our last “Cápsula de traducción” open online conversation of the current season. In this session Richard Samson will discuss the topic of translating for universities with David Cullen, one of the in-house … Continue reading

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