Ești traducător. Și e pandemie în jurul tău. Posibil ca această pandemie să nu-ți fi schimbat prea mult stilul de viață, erai oricum obișnuit să lucrezi de acasă. Dar ce se întâmplă dacă ți-a afectat volumul de lucru? Poate primul gând e că te afli într-o situație rea, ghinionistă. Dar dacă transformi acest ghinion într-un noroc, ...
Translating in the Time of Pandemics
Since the beginning of March, I don’t think I heard people talk of anything other than the coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO officially declared a pandemic by the middle of the month. It is clear to all of us that this disruptive event of global scale has created a crisis that humanity, as it exists ...
Competition vs. cooperation or where is the translation industry heading?
In this year’s ELIA Networking Days Focus for Executives which just ended in Crete, somebody had the brilliant idea of a book exchange. Participants were encouraged to bring one of the business books that changed their lives as leaders. Unfortunately I totally overlooked to bring the book I had had in mind for this exchange ...
… but I want it done in memoQ! :(
After years and years of listening to other people talk at memoQfest, having very interesting and insightful presentations, my time has come. It’s my turn now to stand in front and not be the one listening, but the one doing the talking. It’s frightening and exhilarating at the same time. Just as the adrenaline you get ...
Anger rising in Romania as the Government passes disputed Emergency Ordinance decriminalizing certain offences
Credits photo: ioanaepure.ro The international press has raised an eyebrow as anger is rising in Romania after the Government passed an Emergency Ordinance last evening to decriminalize certain offences. In an attempt to facilitate the understanding of the actual content of the disputed Ordinance by a non-Romanian speaking audience, we have translated two versions of this text: The ...
Patologii lingvistice la modă (VII). Diminutiv(uț)e
DIMINUTÍV, -Ă, diminutivi, -e, adj., s. n. (Substantiv, propriu sau comun, adjectiv sau, rar, altă parte de vorbire) care se formează cu ajutorul unui afix prin care se arată că obiectele, ființele, însușirile etc. denumite sunt considerate (în mod real sau afectiv) mai mici decât cele exprimate de cuvântul de bază. – Din fr. diminutif. (sursa: dexonline.ro) Toată lumea folosește diminutive, uneori ...