Translation, Linguistics and Freelancing in the 21st Century
This is a bit of a rhetorical question, as I think most people would probably agree that we do!
More probing questions you may wish to consider are:
Have women’s voices got deeper in recent years?
Do women find it hard to carry authority in their voices?
Do women talk more than men?
Do men use language to put women
A few weeks ago I gave a presentation at the University of Westminster as part of a National Network for Translation Careers in Languages Day. Some readers may not already know about this important body, a UK government initiative, and if you don’t I urge you to read about it on the website. Various events
So here, finally, is my take on day 2 of The Translator as Strategic Partner Conference. This one probably will be shorter than my report on the 1st day, because my note-taking on day 2 amounted to just a few lines, partially due to being in a zombie-like stupor due to lack of sleep (trust
Last weekend I attended the conference ‘The Translator as Strategic Partner‘ here in London at the Camden Centre. Those following me on Twitter may have seen that I was live micro-blogging from the event throughout the weekend. I had intended to do this, as an experimental way of tracking the events and my thoughts in
Check out this insider’s guide to London written by Sarah Dillon on Brazen Careerist. Highly recommended.
By the way, in view of the UK’s current success in the Beijing Olympics, this Londoner is already getting very excited about the 2012 London Olympics!
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