How time flies! This time last year, I was in Anuradhapura with a humble and simple Sri Lankan family. They welcomed with open arms, an...

Do you know what language your ancestors spoke? Have you wondered how that language sounded?  Previously, I mistakenly thought that my...

Listen to "My Hope as a Translator in the AI era" post here . Despite the growth of artificial intelligence, I have found that there are...

A non-Arabic-speaking friend of mine asked me about the lyrics of an Egyptian song  that she listened to. I looked up the lyrics and...

Working with Italian and German simultaneously is a unique experience that challenges and stimulates the mind in equal measure.

September was very special as it was the Pro Bono anniversary. October is no less special for a variety of reasons.  In the northern...

Proz Pro Bono supports many non-profit organizations around the world. One of them is the Wiki Project Med Foundation, which has the goal...

If you are a freelancer like me, charging the best rate for your work is probably very difficult. When I started to work as a Spanish...

When I started working as a freelancer in 2022, I created accounts on Fiverr and Upwork. They looked awesome to start earning some money....

I’ve been to Sri Lanka twice and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t learn much about its rich and complicated history, ethnicities and...

On a summer day, Laura, a lovely 30-year-old woman, was translating many projects into French and was overwhelmed because she had to...

I have just come back from a vacation on an island close to my native culture. Life flows slower on islands. They have a little...

One day, a woman from Texas decided to write a book for children. She realized her culture is very rich, where you can find Spanish and...

It’s a sunny day in Araraquara, a not-so-small town in the state of São Paulo. This day got me thinking about the transition I'm going...

Thanks to Chinthi and a conversation about translating translations of poems. In my eyes, there is poetry in everything. The way a vine...

Are translators born or made? Here’s my take on this rhetorical question. As a child, I had exceptionally blond hair. As a child, I liked...

One day, there was a business owner looking for a translator to edit his educational products to learn Spanish. This person had doubts...

Have you ever encountered a word in your mother tongue that you didn’t know how to translate? I was telling a non-Arabic speaking friend...

Life often resembles a delicate symphony, a harmonious blend of diverse elements that come together to create a unique masterpiece. For...

(from Quiet Places: Collected Essays) In 2019, Peter Handke won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 2022, FSG (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)...