Around the web – April 2016

I spent a day this month participating in a training course for sworn translators. Have you done any CPD recently? Anyway, here’s your monthly round-up of the most popular articles about translation and language that appeared online in April.

• Is there a code of ethics when it comes to translation? Daniel Hahn answers the question on the ‘Ask A Translator’ column he writes for Asymptote.
• By now you probably know the blogging platform OpenMic. Here are three of the most popular posts to be published this month:
  • 4 Reasons Why People Give Up On Becoming a Freelance Translator by Thitima A.
  • The Ultimate List of Top Hashtags for Translation and Localisation Industry by Ayman Saa’d
  • The Economics of Bad Translation Agencies and How to Expedite their Demise by Triston Goodwin
• Here’s a 2016 compendium of legal translation courses offered by universities around the world
• An American writer living in France says you Break the Rules on Tu & Vous Use at Your Own Peril

The French greeting: Should it be ‘tu’ or ‘vous’? (PHOTO: ISTOCK)

• You may already know some of these: 8 Super Embarrassing International Marketing Fails
• As a tea-lover I couldn’t help but be interested in this map of Europe by Jakub Marian. When I lived and travelled extensively in Asia I noticed most countries’ word for tea was a variation on ‘cha’.

Map of the word ‘tea’ in European languages (source)

• April 23rd marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Here are 46 of the finest insults William Shakespeare gave the English language (No. 13 is one of my favourites).
• En français: n’est pas interprète qui veut

 

Related articles:

• Around the web – March 2016
• Around the web – February 2016
• Around the web – January 2016