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  Let’s say you’ve just earned your degree in Translation and you’re wondering: “All right, but what are my career options – besides translating, of course?”. Or let’s say you’re an experienced freelance translator who wants to add some pizzazz to his or her tried and tested routine. The best thing you can do in both situations is to ask your fellow translators to share their experiences with you. While you’re waiting for them to answer, we’ve asked some great professionals with a translation background to show you how you can put your hard-earned array of language skills to work in a different field. Table of contents 1.      Kelsey Frick, Freelance Account Manager 2.      Bilyana Ancheva, Copywriter 3.      Virginia Vizcaíno Ruiz, Marketing Consultant 4.      Lucy Walhain, Terminologist   1.      Kelsey Frick, Freelance Account Manager “I spent 5 years wo...

  Should you be offering translation or localization services? How many times do you see the term ‘localization’ pop up on your LinkedIn feed? Pretty often, right? As common as this relatively new term may be, there are actually heaps of linguists out there who still aren’t exactly sure what it’s all about. If that sounds like you, then hopefully this post will make things a little clearer for you. Local culture sets the tone The aim of localization is to make texts both linguistically and culturally suitable for their target audience . In simple terms, this means that the process of translation is not sufficient to fulfill the text’s purpose in the target region and that extra steps must be taken. These steps can be as simple as adapting time and date formats or can involve reworking visuals and color schemes in some cases. This is because cultural norms affect the way in which a text is received and therefore messages must be modified in order to suit certain regions . Practica...

  What do bridges have in common with translations? Every human being has probably read a translation already. Be it the favourite novel which was originally written in English and then translated into the reader’s mother tongue, a translated article in a specialist magazine or simply the menu in a restaurant down the street. Ideally, the reader does not even notice that the text is a translation. But how can you achieve that? In German, there is the same verb for (to) ferry (= to cross a river by a ferry or convey from one place to another) and (to) translate (= to convey a message from one language to another). It is the same word in German ( übersetzen ) and obviously it also has a common origin: the conception of transferring something. "Words travel worlds. Translators do the driving." This wonderful and well-known quote by translator Anna Rusconi uses a similar conception and perfectly describes what translation is all about. People mostly use words to communicate ...

5 best free online dictionaries and termbases - 2022 version "If you claim to be such a good translator, then why do you need to consult a dictionary ?" Sounds familiar, right? And yet, it’s not often you hear people questioning a doctor’s expertise as they reach for their copy of Gray’s Anatomy.  Far from serving as a crutch, these tools play a crucial role in ensuring a translation is both accurate and fit for purpose. At TranslaStars , we’re fully aware that behind every great target text is a vast array of terminology resources. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of the top five free online dictionaries and termbases for translators and linguists. Table of contents: 1. InterActive Terminology for Europe 2. ProZ 3. TERMITE 4. Linguee 5. WordReference 1. InterActive Terminology for Europe IATE may not strictly be a dictionary, but with close to a million entries we just couldn’t leave it off the list. The EU’s open source terminology database covers all 24 official la...