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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Words and their meanings – the 2022 Israel Translators Association Conference

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  [row of large stones*] Despite trying times and great uncertainty, the ITA presented its 2022 conference , online of course. Its formal mo...
Sunday, February 20, 2022

Notes of a non-native son – to technology

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  ["Retrain your mind"*] I have been privileged to witness and experience the most amazing period of electronical transformation. ...
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Keeping the power in the PowerPoint – a view from the gallery

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  [opera theatre*] Presentations, in-person or virtual, must have PowerPoint slides or so it appears. It is no longer acceptable to just spe...
Sunday, February 6, 2022

Hungarian obituary? – A Review of Sandor Marai’s "Metamorphoses of a Marriage"

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  [ Bourgeois couple*] It is not often we read a book that triggers reflections and expands our understanding of very basic but not simple m...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Back and forth – the positive challenge of translation types

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  [Tug of war*] Achievable challenges make for  interesting  work. Fundamentally, constant routine tasks are rather dulling. This week, my b...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Explanation and communication – Helping customers understand price

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[Man explaining smartphone*] “I thought it was simple.” That sentence is from a phone conversation with a prospective buyer of translation t...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Is the “good enough” business model still good enough?

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  [Boris Badanov*] When I visit Los Angeles, I stay at a motel that has nothing fancy about it. It has a small lobby, lacks a restaurant or ...