Yearly archives: 2024

What skills do you think a translator should have? In preparing to give a workshop for recent graduates at the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) national conference in Melbourne on 21-23 November 2024, I’ve been thinking about what are essential skills for translators and interpreters in the current […]

Picture this: a company eagerly anticipating the launch of its new website, proudly declares it will be “lunching soon” instead of “launching soon”. A seemingly trivial error, but one that could potentially cost the company much more than just a meal. This anecdote serves as a stark reminder of the […]

You probably know that French has gendered nouns (and have probably wondered why table is feminine!). Translating il and elle as he and she is one of the most common mistakes I see when non-native English speakers translate into English. This can be quite problematic in terms of meaning. Here […]