Translation Blog

Maggie swallowed hard, but before she could say anything, they heard a wail from one of the high barred windows. It began low in pitch and volume, then ascended the scale, growing louder and higher...

(via Pierre Leonard) Happy 2009 everyone!...

I love watching cookery programs, which are very popular in the UK. I particularly enjoy listening to the colourful language used by TV chefs and the way it is peppered with French words and expres...

One of my new year resolutions for 2009 is to attend at least two conferences. It's something I've never done and I feel like it'd be a great opportunity to learn new things, meet people and broade...

Let’s start the week with a smile: this article by Emma Jane Kirby, heard on Sunday on Radio 4 and transcribed on the BBC site, compares British and French attitudes towards disease and health. It ...

A reader asked me whether the Plain English campaign has affected my work as a translator. This campaign is mainly aimed at the literature produced by the government, at all levels, to ensure that ...

Last week, I did an interview with a French student doing a translation degree. She asked me what advice I would give her. I told her that she should ignore all those who’ll tell her that she’s unl...

Regular readers will know that I’m a big fan of coworking. I started working in a shared office after getting a bit depressed working from home and immediately fell in love with my Brighton shared ...

I'm working on a complete redesign of this site, which should come live in January, and some pages will disappear, including my links page, as I'm going to use Delicious to manage my bookmarks. I'v...

I just had to translate "our staff are handpicked" and the expression trier sur le volet (literally, "to sort on the shutter") immediately came to mind. Where does it come from? Expressio tells us ...