It is a bank holiday here in France and therefore a perfect day to finally give you the next Word-of-the-Month post. I haven’t written anything in a while as I have had some health related problems which meant that I never gave you a “Word of the Month” in October. For those who were waiting Read More …
I don’t know how many times I have heard the argument “yeah, well, we have native speakers working in the company, so they can do the translation”. Or often the (sole) requirement of a translation agency or client will be that a translator is a native speaker. Don’t get me wrong. Most translators do indeed Read More …
This blog is for wordsters, linguists, sticklers, nerds or in other terms: lovers of both the written and the spoken language, grammar and words! I have quite often been called a nerd, and believe me it was not always meant as a compliment. For some reason those who like in-depth research, details and learning are Read More …