November has always been a month that is very dear to my heart. Sweet November (how I like to call it) is the month I was born in (November 9, to be exact). It also marks the month I decided to establish my own business,...
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If you know me well enough, you know how much I love food. I believe that if I were to choose a different career, I'd be a chef (or a personal trainer. Makes no sense, right? Well, that's just me!). In fact, I really love...
If you know me well enough, yo...
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On October 12, Valérie Abou Chacra won the title of Miss Lebanon 2015. Congratulations and I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming year. The pageant, which has been organized by LBC for the past 20 years, was hosted by media figure Dima Sadek, one...
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July 14 is known worldwide as Bastille Day, and celebrated by the French as “La fête nationale”. It marks France’s independence day as well as the storming of the Bastille, which is a medieval fortress. I have been meaning to write this blog post for many...
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A one-time client contacted me for a super urgent translation. About 50 pages to be translated within 24 hours. Every time I receive such requests, the first thing that comes to my mind is: here we go; another client who, instead of admitting to being...
A one-time client contacted me...
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Colonie Jeunesse is a summer camp organized by the Lebanese NGO Bikaffe to entertain children and raise awareness against child abuse. The summer camp suggests different entertaining activities: dancing, singing karaoke, swimming, sports (basketball, football, etc.), theater, excursions, cooking sessions, crafts, coloring, face painting and all...
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It is normal to think that clients who pay better/have a bigger workload should be given priority over regular clients who don’t send as many projects and to whom you give lower rates. After many years of experience in dealing with all types of clients, I...
It is normal to think that cli...
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March 21 marks Mother’s day in some parts of the world. Lebanon happens to celebrate Mother’s day on March 21, and it’s a pretty big deal here (just like in any other country in the world). Mother’s Day in Lebanon is therefore celebrated on the first...
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March 8 marks International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. A woman can be so many things that it is almost impossible to mention all the roles she plays in society, but, first and foremost, she is a...
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March 4 is the day to celebrate grammar in the US. It was established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, author of Things that Make Us and founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. [caption id="attachment_622" align="aligncenter" width="275"] Martha Brockenbrough[/caption] This date was chosen particularly...
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Today is International Mother Language Day! No matter how many languages you learn, you’ll always have only one mother language, which is such a fascinating thought. A mother language is like your identity. My mother language is Arabic, and I’d love to know what your mother language...
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Like in any culture, there are different sayings that can be used in different situations encountered in our daily lives. Probably all languages have equivalents of certain sayings that are used in similar situations in different cultures. This blog post sheds the light on some...
Like in any culture, there are...
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This is a shout out to all the translators who work in-house! As a freelancer, whenever I have field work, translation or interpretation, I always come back home like I was beaten! My entire body would be sore. When you get used to working from the...
This is a shout out to all the...
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Remember last year's infamous 50,000 LBP banknote that BDL wanted to roll out on Lebanon's 70th Independence Day? It was so hideous that we forgot about it in a flash (because, let's be honest, it hurt our eyes to look at it!). Well, pictures of a...
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Said Akl, the greatest modern poet Lebanon has ever known, passed away at the age of 102. Said Akl (July 4, 1912 – November 28, 2014) was known for nationalism and for stressing the fact that the Lebanese language is independent from the Arabic language, as...
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