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La rentrée
Possibly more like le retour. I don’t know. As part of overhauling the old website to make it bit more AEO-leaning, I am toying with the idea of linking the blog back to the website again. I remain undecided on … Continue reading
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Diligence on new clients
A recent poll on LinkedIn asked if we check the reputation of a potential client before we respond, & I replied that I did not. For me, it is a question of spending time & effort where & when it’s … Continue reading
Posted in agencies, business, social media
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Event: CIoL Threlford Lecture Sept 2016
Threlford Lecture 17 September 2016 I live in the northern-most reaches of London so I figure I really ought to make the effort when translation-related events are being held somewhere I can reach with my Oyster card. Even so, I … Continue reading
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Thinking it right, doing it wrong
‘Tis often said, including by me, that one factor in making a success of this translation lark (and many other larks, come to that) is to offer that bit extra and add value for the client, and so on. This … Continue reading
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PEMT haze
This year thus far appears to be the year, in some quarters, of getting mighty indignant about the evils of post-editing machine translation (PEMT). Might as well stick my oar in. It’s been a while. There seem to be two … Continue reading
Posted in agencies, business, translation issues
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Oh look, a penalty clause
A couple of weeks ago, I tweeted that “Last year, agency began introducing very tight deadlines. Last week, agency sent mass email about increase in missed deadlines. Coincidence?”. That is only half the story. I gather this agency has quite … Continue reading
Posted in agencies, business
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On payment in advance
In one of those jolly coincidences life throws up from time to time, I’ve seen a number of discussions about payment in advance in the last few weeks. My response in one such discussion was to quote a maxim to … Continue reading
Posted in advance payment, business
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Solving global problems, one step at a time
Like many (most?) of us, I tend to, at the very least, treat email not addressed to me personally as a low priority, shall we say. Fortunately, my email client enables me to see a) the first few words of … Continue reading
Posted in agencies, business, mass emails
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Event: UKTI Legal webinar
Avid readers will recall that last month, by virtue of following @UKTIFrance on Twitter, I attended a webinar on “The French Economy”. This month, the same organisation presented one on “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in France”, given by an … Continue reading
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Event: UKTI webinar
I’m not sure how much general awareness there is of this crew, but somehow or other, I have ended up following @UKTIFrance on Twitter, being the French arm of UK Trade and Industry (UKTI). There are any number of UKTIxxxx … Continue reading