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Certified Translation Professional?

July 14, 2010 -By: -In: Translation - Comments Off on Certified Translation Professional?

Are you a CTP? That’s “Certified Translation Professional” to industry insiders. And I guess you’ve got to be pretty inside, because I just heard about it while trolling for blog fodder on this lazy Friday afternoon. “The Certified Translation Professional (CTP) Program is a 100% online based translator training and certification program which can be […]

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Monkeys, Peanuts and Translators

July 12, 2010 -By: -In: Translation - 24 comments

“If you’re not a monkey, stop working for peanuts!” say the guys at No Peanuts! for Translators, which provides “support and resources to professional translators and interpreters in demanding and receiving a living wage for their work.” “No Peanuts! means refusing to believe that translators are powerless. No Peanuts! means rejecting the notion that translators must kowtow […]

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English-Speaking Elite

July 2, 2010 -By: -In: Interpretation, Language - 11 comments

English is widely spoken by rich people. Doesn’t matter where you go in the world―where there’s money, there’s English. They’ve got the time and the cash to get educated, and the opportunities to take advantage of it. There was a time, and I remember it well, when those fancy folks were happy to speak their […]

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