Linguistic rights are an important part of human rights. 💯🚀 The right to speak one’s native language is a fundamental freedom that should be respected and protected by all governments. Unfortunately, many countries still do not recognize the importance of linguistic rights as part of their human rights laws or policies. ✅ Writing about linguistic rights can help understand why…
1. هل لديك خلفية مالية وترغب في التخصص في الترجمة المالية؟ 2. هل تحتاج إلى موجِّه يساعدك على مواكبة التغيير المستمر في الترجمة المالية؟ 3. هل تنقصك بوصلة تقودك إلى تحديد اتجاهات تخصّص مُجزٍ ماديًا ومعنويًا في الترجمة المالية يتماشى مع مواطن القوة لديك؟ إذا أجبت بالإيجاب على أحد الأسئلة، فهذا البرنامج التوجيهي يناسبك بالفعل. الآن بعد مشوار ناجح بفضل الجمع بين العمل…
Back in the nineties, I applied for the United Nations exams for translators since I speak three of the official languages of the United Nations; Arabic, English and French. By the time I received an acceptance and invitation to the exam centre, I had other plans. I moved to Cairo, got a good job and fell in love with the…
Last month during my visit to the financial district in New York, I walked in a souvenir shop. A photo frame caught my attention as the front message says: “life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” It’s a typical message of all products that are promoting positive vibes and encouraging…
Many people, including translators from other countries, ask me about the difference between a sworn and a certified translator. A certified translation is simply a translator who has a certificate in translation in their working language combinations. A sworn translator is under oath. They declare – by using their unique stamp and signature – that the translation is a literal…
This Friday, I was a bit more creative with the mundane task of grocery shopping and went to a district a bit further than where I live. I was drinking coffee at the Reitdiep city marina in north Groningen. The view got me thinking about a nautical metaphor I translated from a financial text this week: Batten down the hatches.…
Do you often hear that “less is more” and find it a cliché? Do you feel as a translator that less is loss? There are ways to create value in focusing on a hybrid specialisation without being a generalist. Last week I’d an annual meeting with my friends and translation colleagues in London during which we did our inventory and…
I lived for extended periods in Egypt, Morocco, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. It’d make sense that wherever I resided, I spoke the dominant local languages. Sometimes, it’s not the case! When I lived in London, I was speaking more Arabic than English because my job involved full-time Arabic translation, 50% of my colleagues and friends were Arabs, and we…
🎯 Physical business networking. This is what I’ve been missing for the last two years. I had to limit myself to digital networking, but it didn’t do the trick for me. I had a busy Q4 2021 and worked during the Christmas holidays till mid-January on academic finance translations. This is what usually happens when you specialise in academic translation.…
Today translation job adverts are becoming more specific when it comes to Arabic. This includes Arabic language in a legal context among other specialities. With the exception of formal and business documents such as contracts and conventions, legal translation goes beyond Modern Standard Arabic! Let’s take for instance “witness statements” in crimes against humanity which often happen during wars. The…