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The eternal problem of the English language learner: British English or American English

Although there are numerous sites presenting differences between these two variants of the English language (I have also reviewed one of those websites here), there is a simple way to …

German to English and English to German dictionaries and glossaries / Multilingual dictionaries and glossaries / Training resources and materials for translators

From my list of favorite links: the Daimler Global Media Site

This website can be used as a terminology resource for automotive translations from German into English and English into German. My guess is that the materials are initially written into …

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Book review: The Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Henry Hitchings

This book is one of my favorites when it comes to destroying myths about proper language. Hitchings reviews some of the most common beliefs on what proper language is and …

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From my list of favourite links: Basic Differences Between British and American English

Here is one more quality review of the basic differences between British and American English.

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Translator training: the “Use your language use your English” project

This project, developed by Department of European Cultures and Languages from Birkbeck was a great opportunity for me to test and train my translation skills and has helped me in …

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The EU bookshop: resources for translators and other linguists

I found this great link on the WantWords blog and I would like to share it with my readers as well.   The terminology and linguistics section of the EU …

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OPTIMALE: Erasmus Network for Professional Translator Training

This article is about the OPTIMALE project because, even if the project ended in 2013, it has made available a series of resources that can be found on their website …

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Publication review: “The status of the translation profession in the European Union”

I recently found “The status of the translation profession in the European Union” on the Directorate-General for Translation website and I would like to review it for my readers and …

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Tools for translation (1): Xbench

Here we explain how we use Apsic Xbench

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How to manage terminology – post for beginner translators

I According to the German Terminology Portal, “terminology is defined as the entirety of all concepts and terms in one specialist field.  Therefore, one can equate terminology with specialist vocabulary. …

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  • Translator training webinars: “Understanding and Implementing Effective Translation Quality Evaluation Techniques” held by GALA
  • From my list of favorite links: Fachwörterbuch Deutsch / Englisch from Industrie Schweiz
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