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...
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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...
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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...
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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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The World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse is to be commemorated every 19 November in synergy with the anniversary of the International Day for the rights of the child (20 November). The World Day aims to be a rallying point around the issue of child...
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They say ignorance is bliss. For us translators, I believe it’s good that some clients do not fully understand how we work and how we go about producing professional translations and managing our business. There are, however, 3 major things which I hope all clients would...
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Freelance translators and language service providers in general are known to have one of the careers where working at night often comes with the territory. I bet all linguists have had to work at night and pull all-nighters at least once in their life. But...
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Hello, October! October is here, which means summer is officially over. I think fall is a transitional season where business gets back into a certain vibe after quite a break. The month of October serves both as a closure for summer and a gate to the...
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Today is a sad day for readers and poetry lovers. Celebrated author and poet Maya Angelou died today at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., at the age of 86, as confirms her publicist. Born on April 4, 1928, Angelou wasn’t only an author and poet. She was also...
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Being a freelancer does not necessarily mean you lead a chaotic life. I believe it actually requires having super organizational powers to keep everything on track and get everything done on time. Things can sometimes get so crazy and hectic that you find yourself overwhelmed,...
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