Tip of the Tongue

  [laptop with many sticky notes*] B ecoming a freelancer can be a leap of faith, act of desperation,   natural direction, considered choice...

  [Karmiel storefront*] One of most important pieces of advice I received when I opened my business as a translator, which I regret I was sl...

  [sternbergia*] I begin with a confession. I wrote this post in a “tzimmer” (a BNB room) in Katzrin, a small town in the Golan Heights. In ...

  [two foot soles*] Many years ago, I translated a lease agreement between French and Israeli opera companies involving the performance of a...

  [tree in shape of brain*] The end of September is the birthday of Saint Jerome, the patron saint of translators, and is marked by several ...

  [Man looking through a telescope*] ' Sometimes a person visits another family or country and discovers that an alternative way of doin...

  ["Nothing"*] I teach English writing to first-year engineering students in Israel. As their written communication skills in thei...