S2E7 - Jacqueline Ball - Subtitler
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Jacqueline Ball, German-English subtitler extraordinaire, joins us for our final profile of the season. How did Jacqueline get into subtitling and why does she love it so much? And what steps should you take if you also want to get into subtitling? Guest Jacqueline Ball We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
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S2E6 - Lynne Bowker - Machine Translation
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Prof Lynne Bowker joins us to talk about the important working being done in the Machine Translation Literacy Project. Translators are not the only users of MT - in fact, we're probably not even the main users. So what do non-translator users of MT understand about the technology? How do they use it? And why does this matter to us as translators? Guest Prof Lynne Bowker Machine Translation Literacy Project You can find Prof Bowker's new book De-mystifying Translation: Introducing Translation to Non-translators here: We'd love to hear your...
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S2E5 - Daniela Ford - Technology (part 2)
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Part 2 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This time, we're focusing on MT and how technology has changed the way we work, particularly how we research our translations. Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will very likely come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode. Guest Daniela Ford We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching...
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S2E4 - Daniela Ford - Technology (part 1)
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Part 1 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This first part we mainly talk about CAT tools - what they are, how they work and what benefits they can bring. Part 2 to follow next week. Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will in all likelihood come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode. Guest Daniela Ford We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email...
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S2E3 - Janet Wolckenhaar - Translator
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This episode we have another of our profiles of working language professionals, this time with Janet Wolckenhaar. It's a fascinating conversation that proves just how many opportunities really are out there in the language profession if you look properly. Guest Janet Wolckenhaar We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
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S2E2 - Sarah Silva - Specialisation
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Continuing with the question of specialisation, our guest this episode is Sarah Silva, also known as The Chemical Translator. How did she combine her love of chemistry and language? And just how niche should you go? Do you risk putting limitations on yourself by specialising too narrowly? (Spoiler alert: no.) Guest Sarah Silva @ChemicalTrans on Twitter - here you can sign up to my weekly email with tips on marketing your translation business. We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching...
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S2E1 - Fiona Gray - Specialisation
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We're back! And we're joined by Fiona Gray (of Grayscale Translations) to talk all things specialisation: What does she specialise in? How did she get into it? How does she communicate her specialisation? And do you even need to specialise? Guest Website: LinkedIn: Twitter: @GrayscaleTR Instagram: @grayscaletranslations We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
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S1E9 - Anikó Pető-Mordovski - Freelance Translator and Project Manager
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For our final episode of the season, we have another profile episode, this time speaking to Anikó Pető-Mordovski, a freelance translator and project manager. Anikó, like many freelancer translators, has had a very diverse career and seen the industry from many different angles, so she has really valuable insight to share with us. Recorded 22/6/2021 Anikó Pető-Mordovski @AnikoTranslates We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
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S1E8 - Gabriella Ferenczi - Networking
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Like many other industries, networking is incredibly important for the translation industry, and something that this episode's guest, Gabrielle Ferenczi, knows all about. She joins us to provide some tips on networking for beginners, gleaned from her years of experience, including as the organiser of the Language Professionals' Networking Event. Recorded 4/8/2021 Gabriella Ferenczi @GabiFerenczi @LanguageProfNet We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
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S1E7 - Sarah Hickey - The translation industry
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This episode we are looking at the current state of the language industry, and we could not have a better guest to talk about that than Sarah Hickey of Nimdzi Insights. Sarah provides expert insight into current trends in the industry and what they mean for translators, like us. Recorded 24/6/2021 Sarah Hickey [email protected] @SarahHickeyINT We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.
info_outlineDr Elsa Huertas Barros joins us to take a more in-depth look at what it takes to be a translator using translation competence models. We look at competences that you can probably guess, like language skills, along with others that you might not have considered, and discuss the benefits of applying these models to translation practice, both in and beyond a university setting.
Recorded 23/4/2021
Elsa Huertas Barros
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/huertas-barros-elsa
Evaluation in the Acquisition of Translation Competence (EACT)
Towards a European Framework of Reference for Translation (EFFORT)
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@wminlanguages
We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.