Menus! We translators are obsessed with menus, not particularly when we translate them into another language, but when we actually are sitting on a chair in the restaurant. It is only of our habits to scan the whole menu even…
The hospitality sector is one of the largest sources of income for countries like Greece, as they are visited by thousands of tourists on an annual basis. As a result, the best weapon for attracting new business is the hotel's…
Πριν λίγο καιρό, είχα την τιμή να μου ζητηθεί από τα prosopakritis.gr να τους δώσω μια περιγραφή του επαγγέλματος του διερμηνέα σε μορφή συνέντευξης. Διαβάστε τη εισαγωγή της συνέντευξης παρακάτω: Σε διάφορες σημαντικές συναντήσεις και συνέδρια φοράμε τα ακουστικά μας…
Όπως γίνεται στα περισσότερα επαγγέλματα, τα μαθήματα στα πανεπιστήμια προσφέρουν τη θεωρία και την πράξη. Το ίδιο ισχύει και για στη διερμηνεία. Φυσικά, πολλά και απρόσμενα πράγματα μπορούν να συμβούν κατά τη διάρκεια της διεξαγωγής της, τόσα που δεν θα…
Image taken from http://loveyourtranslator.com/ Interpreting is a rather complex procedure. Leaving aside the educational and training background, a subject that has been explained widely, the actual process that takes place in the brain of an interpreter in action is difficult…
[:en] During my seven years of experience as a freelance translator, I have collaborated with countless agencies around the world, I have e-met fantastic people and project managers in all corners and together we have completed many Greek projects. Some…
[:en]If you are following my blog, you will know that recently I traveled for some weeks to put the theory of combining work and travel to the text. The trip was basically the combination of an experiment and holiday, at…
During the past four weeks I conducted an experiment on how travel can be combined with work. For those that have missed the previous blog-posts on the subject, you can read the posts Before Departure, Week 1, Week 2, Week…
In the fifth part of the series titled “The Travelling Translator”, I will describe non-translation-related aspects of what I did during Week 4 of my experiment of combining work and travel. If you missed the previous episodes, you can find…
My most beloved client! A client with who I have been working together for over two years! Large projects, topics right up my street (you know, those that you simply want to keep going even if you have translated the…