Dear Dad, So many thoughts run through my mind this Father's day, this one in particular, and it seems so confusing and I don't know how to start off this post. I found myself almost speechless; I can't come up with a decent introduction! For all the...
Dear Dad, So many thoughts ru...
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I've been in this business for over a decade now, and believe me when I tell you, I haven't seen it all, but I have come to expect anything by now! So a few days ago, one of my clients and good friends sent me an...
I've been in this business for...
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Let me start by stating the facts: 1- Lebanon is a highly proficient trilingual country. 2- Many translators graduate each year to find themselves struggling to make a good buck in their field of work. 3- This results in charging awful rates to make a living, or simply...
Let me start by stating the fa...
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I basically have 2 dough recipes that I use for almost all bread types that I bake: the first being the brioche bread recipe, and the second being the basic dough recipe that I use to make Mana'ish and Pizza or simple flat bread (pan...
I basically have 2 dough recip...
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We translators have our way with words, and we somehow all agree on a handful of common things and situations that each and every one of us encounters during their career at least once or twice. Our job is no easy one, regardless of what many,...
We translators have our way wi...
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My biggest pet peeve strikes again: another ad campaign featuring unforgivable grammar mistakes. L'Oréal Professionnel has a sponsored post on IG (Instagram Ad): a teasing video, probably about a new hair product (my guess). The caption of the video reads as follows: Why repair something if it...
My biggest pet peeve strikes a...
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So many of my friends and family members keep asking me about the recipe for my cinnamon rolls. Every time I make a batch, it disappears within seconds in my household. These sweetly addictive little spirals of sugary, buttery dough taste heavenly. I always ditch...
So many of my friends and fami...
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I was in the car yesterday when I spotted this huge banner for a shop selling Converse shoes (the fake ones labeled copy AAA of course). I mean, the person who made this, didn't they see that the word is spelled "Converse" on the shoes? I'll...
I was in the car yesterday whe...
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La Nuit des Musées was held yesterday April 8. It was a night where select museums in Lebanon opened their doors for free to the public (see full list of collaborating museums here) for one single night, with free shuttles roaming around and going from...
La Nuit des Musées was held y...
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The cool graphic below shows how the act of yawning is said in 6 different languages: English, French, Thai, Korean, German and Japanese. Surprisingly, after English and French, the Korean and the Japanese are the ones that made sense to me the most! OOUAH in French is...
The cool graphic below shows h...
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Double standards. Double standards everywhere. Translators don’t mind making their colleagues wait months before paying them, but they have a problem waiting to get paid. Translators who say they respect their highly professional colleagues, pretending they learned a lesson or 2 from their experience. But when it’s...
Double standards. Double stand...
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I have a serious passion for cooking and baking. I always say that I would have been a chef in another life. I think it comes from the fact that my mom is an outstanding cook. I know everyone says their mom is the best...
I have a serious passion for c...
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One of the world's most influential architects, Dame Zaha Hadid, died today at the age of 65 after suffering from a heart attack while being treated for bronchitis in a Miami hospital. Born in Baghdad on October 31, 1950, Iraqi-British Zaha Hadid studied mathematics at the...
One of the world's most influe...
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Being a freelancer means meeting endless types of clients on a daily basis. Some are a breath of fresh air and so amazing to work with, while others give you a hard time, and working with them is really not my idea of a healthy...
Being a freelancer means meeti...
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I came across this photo on Facebook the other day and it rang a bell with me. [caption id="attachment_908" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Here in Lebanon, we even mix 3 languages in a single sentence sometimes.[/caption] Being bilingual is nice and code-switching comes with the territory. This is the...
I came across this photo on Fa...
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