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06 Aug

Posted at 11:09h in Business Practices, Community Interpreting, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Personal Growth, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, Remote Interpreting, Self care, The Profession by
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The Couch is a learning place, not only for its contributors but also for our readers who engage in the ensuing discussions. The subject of this month’s Couch is the transition to “normal.” As in-person services gradually resume (or at least are on the horizon), what do...

30 Jul

Posted at 01:00h in Court Interpreting, Interpreting, Jules Lapprand, Language, Recent Posts, The Profession by
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“Welcome to one of the world’s most beautiful professions.” That’s a variation on a book title I heard during my second year of translation studies, in the fall semester of 2015. The book title was Profession: Traducteur by Georges Bastin and Monique C. Cormier, and the student...

05 Jun

Posted at 17:01h in Language, Odds & Ends, Professional Development, Professional Practices, Recent Posts, Uncategorized by
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Other articles in the Get It Write blog discuss the confusion surrounding plurals and possessives (should we write “Happy holidays from the Smith’s” or “the Smiths”?). Making that distinction is arguably one of the trickier issues in English usage. Another is confusion about commonly used homophones: it is...

28 May

Posted at 03:02h in Athena Matilsky, Court Interpreting, Ethics, Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts by
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This article by Athena was first published in November 2014. We liked it so much that we decided to share it with our readers once again. Enjoy! Those who know me outside of interpreting know that acrobatics (specifically, partnered “Acroyoga”) is my not-so-secret other love. I...