Not giving up.
I've always been a big complainer and not a very sports-addicted kind of girl. But when I set my mind to something, I usually hang on.
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15 juil. 20232 Min
Doing what you don't do best (anymore) (and not caring)
Next time you'll think about taking up dancing, tennis, swimming or rollerskating, don't say you're too old. Do it with your kids.
25 avr. 20232 Min
The change you want to see in your world
I haven't been posting a lot for a while. Even though April hasn't been that good financially (not bad exactly, but not good either),...
15 déc. 20222 Min
Learning to communicate better: following up quickly
This week, I gained and lost two big jobs in a flash. Why? In one of the two cases, for circumstantial reasons over which I had no...
8 déc. 20222 Min
It's not me, it's not you, then what is it?
I'm becoming more and more a translator "by default". What does it mean? I'm realising that even though translation remains my main...
15 nov. 20221 Min
Work hard, live harder
Two weeks ago, I put my out-of-office on for the first time since 2012. Of course, I ended up replying to all my emails as I received...
5 oct. 20222 Min
Working with people you don't particularly like on difficult projects within impossible timeframes
Episode 2: Give them what they want. My last post was about those unbearable overachieving PMs, which we've all been if we started our...
5 oct. 20222 Min
Working with people you don't particularly like on difficult projects within impossible timeframes
Episode 1: Not my cup of tea, but hey Recently, I've worked on a complicated translation project with a PM I didn't find particularly...
28 août 20222 Min
Taking some 'time off'
This summer has been hectic, as I've been travelling and moving around with my family... while working. Yesterday was my very first real...
28 août 20221 Min
When you get that 150-page text
For some translators in certain niches, it's just another day at the office: they only translate a few long manuscripts, books, reports...
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