After a delightful evening meal at the library of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (the main conference venue), we reconvened early the next morning for another day of presentations, chat and lots of coffee. I felt that there was a perceptible shift on the second day towards the more practical, day-to-day aspects of translation and [...]

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Having now recovered from last weekend’s ITI Conference ‘Sustainability in Translation’, at which I co-presented with Sarah Dillon, I’d like to share some of the key points I took away from it.
At the conference I attended last November, I decided to ‘live tweet’ from the event. But this time somehow the mood just didn’t [...]

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In January I published this post about my efforts to stay sane and healthy as a freelance translator working from home. So how have I got on?
Here’s a little progress report on the targets I set myself:

Desk stretches: thanks to @bonnjill, a translator I had the good fortune to meet via Twitter and the blogosphere, [...]

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Traditional media in the UK seem to be working themselves up into a frenzy over social media websites lately, and Twitter in particular. It’s almost like they just realised that the internet exists beyond Web 1.0. Disappointingly, almost without exception they woefully misunderstand Twitter even more than other social media tools, which they more or [...]

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As I approach the landmark of my 12th month of full-time freelancing, it’s a good time to reflect on the successes and challenges of this first year, and look at the future of my business.  To that end, I’ve made a mental note to dust off and update the business plan I wrote months ago.  [...]

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