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Exciting new conference in November 2008

Published in July 30th, 2008
Posted by philippa in language events
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I’m going to be helping out at a brand new conference called ‘The Translator as Strategic Partner‘ on 22nd-23rd November this year. I know, I know we’re still only just entering summer, but the early bird catches the worm, as they say.
The conference is jointly sponsored by the ITI, the CIOL and ProZ, and the [...]

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Is ‘text speak’ really so bad?

Published in July 15th, 2008
Posted by philippa in Culture, Linguistics, Politics, Social Media, Technology., time management, web 2.0
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Linguistic doom-mongers frequently lament the demise of the English language, complaining that standards are just not what they used to be, that kids these days simply don’t have a grasp of how to use language correctly, lack creativity, etc., etc. Human nature appears to have a natural tendency to assume that things gradually get worse, [...]

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Crackberries - is that the device or the user?

Published in July 8th, 2008
Posted by philippa in Freelance, Freelancing, Technology., Working practices, time management
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I’ve had a Blackberry for about 6 months now and it has changed my life. No joke. It has changed my life, but in ways that have been surprising. The amazing ease of viewing emails which appear instantaneously on its screen like text messages is notoriously mesmerizing and hard to ignore, but has allowed me [...]

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