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Translator Associations – Why They Are Important
Life as a freelance translator can be challenging. If not well-connected to colleagues and a professional support network, it can be a lonely profession. On the other hand, clients, both translation agencies and direct clients, may have problems finding the right translator for their respective projects. Being a member of a professional body is a useful…
Post-Editing – Threat or Opportunity?
With the rise of neural machine translation, the question of whether or not automated translations will lead to the demise of human translators has become more prominent. Admittedly, neural machine translations have improved the quality and especially the fluidity of texts produced through machine translation programmes such as DeepL significantly…
CAT Tools – Which Ones to Choose?
Computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools can speed up the translation process. They contain translation memories with segments of texts that have been translated before and can (at least partly) be used again. If such segments are repeated in the source text of the same file or other files to which the relevant translation memory is applied, these…
The Merits of Specialisation
To specialise or not to specialise, this is the question many translators ask themselves, particularly during the early stages of their career. Whilst other factors for a successful career in translation are also important, such as commensurate academic credentials and experience in using computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools, my answer to the…