We arrived back from our travels to find our perfectly flat wooden flooring in France had gone rogue: it now undulated like waves in a small harbour. After previous incidents that I would call ‘learning experiences’ but H talks about as national catastrophes on a par...
We (meaning the children and I) like to listen to SkyRock on French radio in the morning – it’s the audio equivalent of eating Frazzles: the latter for not being real bacon, the former not ‘proper’ radio, but both very enjoyable nonetheless. In the space of 20...
Have you ever wondered about the spread of languages amongst internet users? No, me neither. Well, not really, that is, until I came across some statistics from internetworldstats.com. At first glance, I was not in the least surprised by the data and I very...
There is probably not a translator on the planet who did not feel dismayed at the Brexit decision. We are programmed for cultural inclusiveness and this felt like a decision to turn our backs on all this in Britain. At 5.45 that morning I stared at the same spot...
Thinking about it, translation now seems to be a cycle, rather than just a linear process of going from Language A to Language B. This is a good thing, as it shows the market is becoming more sophisticated and discerning. Here’s my take on it (feel free to add,...
I was given a grilling once by Margaret Thatcher. It lasted the time it took to get from the ground floor in Selfridges to the 4th floor – say, 6 minutes, tops – but it was ample time to make me a) feel a bit stupid and b) re-evaluate what I was doing with my life....
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