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Apr3Thu12:00 Freelancer frustrations: bad pay...Freelancer frustrations: bad pay...Apr 3 @ 12:00 – 13:00Chartered Institute of Linguists webinars If you’ve ever faced the frustration of delayed or unpaid invoices, you’re not alone. Late payments and financial disputes are common struggles for freelancers, but are they the result of bad clients or inefficient processes? … Continue readingApr29Tue19:00 Inteligencia artificial y enseña...Inteligencia artificial y enseña...Apr 29 @ 19:00 – 19:45
Conversación entre María García y Gemma Delgar en español. Forma parte del ciclo de conversaciones en abierto Cápsulas de traducción (con inscripción previa). Cápsulas de traducción es un ciclo de conversaciones en línea entre especialistas de prestigio, procedentes de diversos ámbitos de … Continue readingMay22Thu12:00 Interpreting at prison visitsInterpreting at prison visitsMay 22 @ 12:00 – 13:00Chartered Institute of Linguists webinars Join lawyer-linguist Sue Leschen FCIL CL as she draws on 22 years of expertise to guide interpreters through the unique challenges of prison visits. From high-security prisons and mental health institutions to young offender facilities, … Continue reading -
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Category Archives: Fun
Arts or sciences?
The long-running debate about the relative value of the arts and sciences, or the humanities and the sciences, received an unexpected contribution last week. Apparently – I do not read the magazine so I can only infer this from the … Continue reading
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New hope and new life
Adpated from Cherubino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, Four_Poplars_in_four_seasons.JPG Tradiling wishes new hope and new life to all our readers!
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What do a bear, a wagon and a pan have in common?
They are popular names for the seven most well-known stars in the Ursa Major constellation, which becomes very prominent in the night sky at this time of year. This group of stars, a so-called asterism, has been known since ancient … Continue reading
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malarkey, icon, mamba, defund,…
What do these words have in common? They have all been buzzwords in 2020. According to Merriam-Webster, the well-known American English dictionary, these words were among the most popular look-ups during 2020: malarkey, meaning silly behaviour, was used by Joe … Continue reading
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Trumpslation. The untranslatable Mr Trump
An Italian interpreter takes consecutive notes from Mr Trump (October 2019) It would be remiss of us to let the pre-eminent moment of Donald J. Trump pass (presuming that it does pass) without a brief look back on some of … Continue reading
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