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With the conference’s l’audace de voir grand theme very much in mind, I’ll be in Montreal on Friday, November 17 to celebrate Ottiaq’s 25-year commitment to raising the bar for translators and interpreters in Quebec. My own contribution will be … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, October 25, I spoke at the IMF on emerging trends in today’s translation industry, then moved on to the ATA conference to present “Working with Direct Clients. For Real” on Friday. A common theme: markets with priorities other … Continue reading →

On November 11, I’m honored to be speaking in the Netherlands at VZV’s symposium in Amersfoort. The theme is specialization, a word on virtually all observers’ and practitioners’ lips—and increasingly important as the split between bulk and premium markets widens. … Continue reading →

I’m looking forward to ALTI’s event tomorrow, where I’ll be speaking at the end of the day on venturing out of TranslatorLand. (Why do so many translators find it so hard to get out from behind their screens?). Traverser l’écran : … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to be taking part in SFT’s monthly translators’ café in Paris this Saturday morning (January 28). The event—which includes breakfast, a stimulating theme with lively speakers and networking with 50-70 translators and interpreters—is open to one and all, … Continue reading →

For over a decade, Nathalie Renevier and I have presented a day-long, hands-on introduction to working as a translator in France four or five times a year for SFT, the French translators’ association. SFT’s reasoning was simple: translators tend to … Continue reading →

JTP, the Czech Republic’s Union of Interpreters and Translators, is publishing an updated edition of the Czech version of “Translation, Getting it Right” to coincide with the association’s annual St. Jerome’s Days event on November 11-12. I’m honored to be invited to … Continue reading →

Looking forward to speaking at Swiss association ASTTI’s annual conference on October 28. Venue : Bern’s Kursaal. Topic picks up where my recent talk in Malmö left off: Analyse des cauchemars (et autres angoisses) qui hantent les traducteurs indépendants dans … Continue reading →

Once a month the SFT’s Paris delegation holds a Saturday morning get-together open to all comers, with a speaker on a topic of interest to translators. This September, Laurence Cuzzolin (an outstanding Eng & German>French translator) and I will team … Continue reading →

For the first time ever, eight language associations from four Scandinavian countries are organizing a conference for language professionals from Scandinavia and all over the world. Several hundred participants have already signed up and the program looks very good indeed: … Continue reading →