In our previous text, Paweł gave his answer to the fundamental question – why do we like revision? Today, Martyna will have her say about the joy of proofreading, but from a slightly different perspective. Why do I Iike working with texts? A disclaimer is necessary before I start. Although we have enumerated the strict differences between checking, revising, reviewing, and proofreading in one of […]
We help others by translating texts, but we’d like to tell you more about some of our other services as well. There are many people who have a text in English or Polish and they’re not interested in translation but they want their text to sound professional. There are many reasons for that: their English is good, but not as proficient as a translator’s, they […]
In our previous text, we told you what tricks we use to make remote work nice and smooth. While writing the article, we gave more thought to the subject. Is home office a boon or bane? This question seems to stir a lot of controversy. As a result of the pandemic, many people had to move their work home, which is not the best solution […]
We planned the text on the upsides and downsides of working from home some months ago, but in the current situation – the world is in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic – we’ve decided to write and publish it sooner and to take these circumstances into account. We hope that you’ll find some useful tips about how to work from home effectively and hassle-free: […]
In our previous entries we’ve told you what our standard days look like, what we actually translate, what tools (like CAT software here and there) and hardware we use. Now we would like to tell you what we actually do when we translate and what our translation process is. Translation process – first steps Of course, this entry presents some general notes about our translation […]
As promised a long time ago, we’re here with a text about what it is that translators dislike. There are a couple of examples to mention; however, lest we sound too negative, we encourage you to start with our first article about translators’ likes. What are translators’ dislikes? What makes us angry, irritated, and annoyed, even if we’re hiding it well? What gets on our […]
Today, you are officially invited behind the scenes of our office and we’re going to let you take a sneak peak of our everyday translation work. And life, too. It’s hard to say for sure where and when one ends and the other begins. How does a translator work? It’s safe to say, though, that no day in the life of a translator is like […]
For many people, the end of the year is a time of looking back on the previous 365 days and drawing necessary conclusions. For us too – we like to take a look at some statistics from time to time and see our work in a rear-view mirror. Needless to say, the year 2019 has passed so quickly and we’re quite surprised to see the […]
As we have already mentioned, a majority of translators have cats. Or CATs, actually. What are they? What can they do? What are their functionalities? How do they help? Do they release translators from all their duties and let them fool around and do nothing? The nature of CATs The CAT abbreviation stands for Computer Assisted (or Aided) Translation. So, CATs are programmes which accelerate […]
Previously on Translatorion… we told you about the types of texts that we translate. Today’s article is a follow-up to that, as it presents various representatives of the realm of translators. We’re also going to point out the categories which apply to us. Types of translators As we’ve already said – we don’t mean to pigeonhole anyone but to show you what services a particular […]