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Monday, May 25, 2026

A call for a small action – Freelancers of the nation, unite!

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  It has been some 100 years since the heyday of unions. Today, the sad truth is fewer and fewer workers, both freelance and salaried, feel ...
Monday, May 18, 2026

The linguist’s tale – A personal confession of native language interference

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  The sad truth is the 99% of humanity will never sound like a native speaker when they speak a foreign language. We may have a great ear, s...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Cancelling the experience/skill equation and what it means for translation purchasers and buyers

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  In many service areas, buyers assume that experience and skill are correlated, i.e., the greater the experience, the higher the level of p...
Monday, May 4, 2026

Intuitive vs logical – complementary and necessary grammar approaches

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  Mastering the grammar of any language involves both intuition and rules. Clearly, every language user relies more heavily on one approach ...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Restaurants and location – in a different sense

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  There is something universal about eating in a restaurant. Wherever you may be, sitting down and having a meal in a restaurant is somehow ...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Not as simple as it seems – the challenge of translating payslips

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  Most customers do not - and generally need not - understand the actual work process. Sometimes, this lack of knowledge impacts their price...
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Monday, April 13, 2026

Past and present – some global lessons from early American history

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  History classes are wasted on the young. Even if the formal history classes given to youth in each country focus on ideas, not dry facts, ...