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As a volunteer for ProZ Pro Bono, I get to use Crowdin for my volunteer translations. To say that getting to know the tool hasn’t been...

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)...

On a bright day, Pedro, who is a translator, was dealing with many dilemmas in his life. One of his thoughts was about how to get new...

If you are a newbie who has recently joined ProZ Pro Bono, or not a newbie anymore, but one who’s been lurking and has never joined an Open

I’ve previously written about three translator-centred tools, different in their conception but aiming to make the translators’ lives...

Something happened yesterday that gave me food for thought. Like every other day, I took out the garbage, just around the time the truck...

Fiction has a unique power to transport us to different worlds, broaden our perspectives, and deepen our understanding of language and...

After having given you some basic information on the two leading CAT tools in my experience, I’d like to give you some information on one...

Translation isn’t only a world where I convert context from one language to another. It’s a  continuous learning process that enriches my...

This week, we meet Dustin Butoryak of the Hello Neighbor Network, who coordinate a whole ecosystem of grass-roots projects designed to suppo

The book in a quote: “If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should...

Localisation software Passolo by RWS (formerly SDL) is another tool that is free to use for the translator, but only with packages...

Are you a translator or interpreter looking to expand your knowledge and enhance your skills? Whether you're a seasoned professional or...

We have seen that CAT tools have been developed with different objectives in mind, leading to a difference in the use of the program by...

In a world that thrives on global connectivity, the significance of translation cannot be overstated. It serves as the bridge that...