Tip of the Tongue

  [beer barrel*] Clothes make the man, the woman and apparently the song. It is truly amazing how a change of style creates a completely new...

  [statue of Icarus*] The question of when is a price proposal too high is quite complex. Last week, I submitted a bid for a specialized ser...

  [distillation image*] Languages are alive. They are born, often create conflicts as they grow, thrive, struggle and, unfortunately, even d...

  [tall buildings*] In these days of email, text messages and whats app groups, to name just a few media, people often forget that physical ...

[Unbalanced scale*] Many freelancers, including translators, hold two jobs, one salaried with regular hours and one as an independent. The b...

  [Woman and shadow*] Strangely enough, I most enjoy lectures that are in those areas of which I know very little and in which I have no int...

  [water sewage plant*] The daily fare of most translators is too often poorly written source texts. Thoughts such as “Did the writer bother...