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Monday, January 29, 2024

Taking matters on the fly – the trials and tribulations of an incidental traveler

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  [airport hall*] Due to a personal situation, I had to fly to the United States from Israel on a moment’s notice, not an easy matter during...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Shooting the moon – My mother’s life

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  My mother, who just died peacefully at the age of 96, would quote her grandmother, who said that a person needed luck in birth and death. ...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Chutes and ladders -Thoughts about 2023

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  [tree with clouds in background*] 2023 has not been a simple year, including for the residents of the Middle East and translators. To be b...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The peaks and valleys of translation quotes – what does it all mean for translation buyers?

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                                                                   [Mountain and foggy valley*] Anybody that has ever asked for a quote for ...
Monday, December 18, 2023

These are a few of my favorite things - The Braude College of Engineering 16th Research Conference

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  [candies*] Multi-disciplinary research conferences create certain feelings - among them ignorance and wonder. Researchers in many differen...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Linguistic false cousins or the danger of a little knowledge

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  [cat with lion in mirror*] Through historical events, languages encounter each other and leave linguistic marks. Specifically, foreign roo...
Monday, December 4, 2023

The BP Winter Translation Forum – a feast for the mind

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  [salad ready for preparation*] This past week, I had the great pleasure of participating both as a speaker and listener in the online BP W...