Something that annoys me is wordiness: I don't mind long texts, if there is little redundancy, but words that are there just to take up ...

Would you prefer: To have "afxc04z5.htm" suggested as a translation when the html file in the string you are translating is actual...

Not when someone is run over by a drunk driver, but maybe when that driver, after his arrests, signs a mistranslated waiver. Translation err...

Yesterday a translation of mine returned, marred by some questionable edits: turns out the editor was not even a native speaker of Italian. ...

I believe that most, if not all, major EN>IT IT>EN dictionaries are now available on CD-ROM or at least with CD-ROM available (in addi...

Aesop's fables have been so frequently published that it is widely assumed that in Europe only the Bible has more editions. The Chronicl...

How do you know if the new prospect that has just contacted you is going to become one of your best customers, or a headache that will pay (...

David Baddiel struggles with fiction in translation in the Times Online . Now, say what you like about the irrelevance of authorial intenti...

Now that I have decided to post more often, I begun some long overdue blog maintenance. Yesterday night I pruned the blog roll: there were s...

I started this blog a couple of years ago. I wanted to write about translation, give to the world my unbidden opinions. Mostly, I suppose, i...