Tonight the world will witness the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century! The moon will pass by the earth's shadow and become fully blood red for a couple of hours. While that event is in itself fascinating, that's not all there is to it: We will...
Tonight the world will witness...
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It's like social media waits for Miss Lebanon every single year to give us the best jokes of the year...
It's like social media waits f...
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It just irritates me to proofread someone else's lousy translation. It's one of the jobs that I always tend to reject. I am currently proofreading a translation from English into French, and the target text reeks of translation. I mean come on: even Google Translate would know...
It just irritates me to proofr...
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Translators, please stop giving first time clients your rates and then stating that they are negotiable! This is the most unprofessional thing to do and it sets things totally on the wrong foot. This is not the way to establish a healthy business relationship. If a...
Translators, please stop givin...
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I believe that in order to succeed as a translator, you ought to truly love what you do. It is one of those jobs that require passion, otherwise you find yourself writing gibberish. Heck, even translators who love their job find themselves sometimes not able...
I believe that in order to suc...
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I came across this info-graphic by Funders and Founders which shows what 7 billion people in the world do. Over 400 million are entrepreneurs 430 million are unemployed 577 million are older than 64 ...
I came across this info-graphi...
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Like any other year, 2016 had its really fair share of ups and downs. While I started off the year in another continent, I'm ending it from one of my favorites places: behind my desk. On the professional level, 2016 was not bad. I managed to make...
Like any other year, 2016 had ...
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I don't know about you, but I am still greeting friends and family and wishing them a Merry Christmas. Learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in 77 languages thanks to the photo above. How many did you know beforehand? Write the answer in the comments below. No...
I don't know about you, but I ...
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I just found out about Upwork from someone I know and decided to browse through it a little bit. Upon checking the translation projects posted there, I realized that even the highest rate proposed by the job poster (aka employer) is just ridiculously low! When...
I just found out about Upwork ...
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Karimeh Abbud was a Palestinian professional photographer and artist who was born in 1893. She lived and worked in Lebanon and Palestine in the first half of the 20th century. She developed a passion for photography in the year 1913 in Bethlehem where she was living...
Karimeh Abbud was a Palestinia...
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So Lebanon has a new Beauty Queen, and like every year, social media turns into a giant troll ball and a huge bashing party because of the ridiculous answers given by the contestants during the question-answer rounds. I understand that they are too young to be...
So Lebanon has a new Beauty Qu...
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I am pretty sure Kababji had nothing but good intentions, but they should have known better. The thing that struck me the most is their Instagram caption "Enough apples!", to think that they are trying to benefit from the teeny, weeny, little bit of attention that...
I am pretty sure Kababji had n...
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This post is inspired by a few clients I met throughout my career, the most recent one being just a couple of hours ago. They contact me for a sworn translation, send me the files via email and expect me to deliver a sworn (stamped)...
This post is inspired by a few...
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I received this Arabic text and thought of translating it and sharing it. في لبنان: السنكري دكتور والحكيم تاجر والمستشفى دكانة والوزارة مغارة والشوفير محلل سياسي والمحلل السياسي بيقبض والموظف عتال والشيوعي رأسمالي والإقطاعي إشتراكي الممثلة بتغني وملكة الجمال بتمثل والمنتج او جوزون او مصاحبون الميت بينتخب الدركي هوا تشيكن الدكنجي بشرج تلفونات محل التلفونات ببيع نسكافيه والنصاب إستاذ والإستاذ شحاد وزير الشباب ختيار موظف الضمان...
I received this Arabic text an...
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Almost every time I visit family members, they ask me to prepare crêpes for them, or ask me for the recipe. I actually got the latter from my mom, who got it from a top chef in Paris while on a getaway with my dad...
Almost every time I visit fami...
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