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2nd International Media for All Conference – Text on screen, text on air
Begoña MartínezI have discovered this (highly interesting) conference via http://www.elcuadernodebitacora.org (a page of translation resources maintained by a group of Spanish translators): The 2nd International Media for All Conference – Text on screen, text on air, aims to bring together professionals, scholars, practitioners and other interested parties to explore audiovisual translation (AVT) in theory and practice,
0Guest post: Manuel López-Ibáñez on (open?) document formats
Begoña MartínezI am always interested in those working on or about the tools we use everyday. As translators, we do not get to pick our document format of choice. Wouldn’t life be easier if people used compatible formats? Ah, Utopia, we are walking towards you… Let me introduce this (very witty) short article my friend Manuel
First day and lesson one (marketing basics)
Begoña MartínezHello everyone! This is our first post to our shiny new Wordpress company blog. Yesterday we had our first lesson (course planning and marketing), our first step into what hopefully will become a (not only) translation agency. This lessons come in five hour sessions with a thirty minute intermission, so do not expect me to
Translation as vocation: a primer for newbies
Begoña MartínezDesde el día que puse en marcha mi página web, he recibido una gran cantidad de mensajes de estudiantes y futuros estudiantes de traducción. A menudo preguntan datos concretos sobre cursos, universidades, etc. Pero una gran parte de ellos buscan información más general sobre cómo es realmente la profesión de traductor. Ojalá hubiera tenido antes
Visionary Business (Allen)
Begoña Martínez(Una versión de este artículo en español) In class they have recommended us this book, Visionary Business. It has been tremendously useful for me (except for the last chapter, which deals with the author’s personal utopia). It has helped me imagine my business model. You can read the beginning in Amazon. One of the things