by Eva | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Reading the recent Chinese newspaper, there was a short report on a Chinese interpreter who helped driving theory test examinees pass the test by not just interpreting the questions, but also giving the right answers. In exchange for the “favour”, she was...
by Eva | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Share: Part 2 http://rpstranslations.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/the-ten-worst-things-an-interpreter-can-do-to-another-interpreter-part-2/
by Eva | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
A very good article. Happy to share:...
by Eva | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the Chartered Institute of Linguists magazine “The Linguist” (Feb-Mar 2013), James Farmer wrote an interesting little article about his experience with gift-giving taboos. He was working in the UK Service back in the 90s, promoting trade to Japan. A...
by Eva | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Together with the fairy tale I mentioned in my last blog (see http://evaxu.com/archives/translating/are-children-more-tolerant-to-translationese/), I also read again “Vater und Sohn” (“Father and Son”) by E.O.Plauen. It was another favourite of...
