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Proofreading and editing your work will help you t

Proofreading and editing your work will help you to make your message clear and understood.

Hope you don't end up 'trading lemons' this week 😆🍋

Taking on blogging to promote your business yourse

Taking on blogging to promote your business yourself is a commitment. A professional blogger will provide you with a consistent flow of fresh content at regular intervals specified by you (and maybe even new ideas for your business) – freeing up your time for other commitments.

Machine translation can come up with some amusing

Machine translation can come up with some amusing results –
(not quite as poetic as “I’ll huff and I’ll puff”…)

Source:
- “Ich werde husten und prusten und dir dein Haus zusammen pusten!”

Machine translation:
- “I’ll cough and flail and blow your house together!”

For more puns and word play, head over to ➡ http

For more puns and word play, head over to ➡ https://bit.ly/EN-fun-facts

Just to name one aspect: A translator should under

Just to name one aspect: A translator should understand the source text and its nuances perfectly in order to relay the message effectively in the other language.

'Cutting the tablecloth' with people is never fun

'Cutting the tablecloth' with people is never fun but sometimes you just have to let go...

Because... "A translation should always be identic

Because... "A translation should always be identical to the original text in terms of content. At the same time, it should sound natural, flow beautifully, and be faultless in terms of grammar and spelling."

Do translators need a Swiss connection to translat

Do translators need a Swiss connection to translate a text written by a Swiss German speaker into English?

The Swiss actually use High German for their writing – the dialect is just a spoken thing. The simple answer then would be no, a translator does not need a Swiss connection.

But nothing in life is ever simple. And the Swiss have their own writing style. This extends to sentence structure, some uses of grammar, expressions and even the spelling of words. The result is that a translator with no Swiss connection could translate from Swiss German into English. Without that connection however, they run the risk of missing nuances in the source text.

#DidYouKnow that in US English 'mad' is more commo

#DidYouKnow that in US English 'mad' is more commonly used to mean 'angry' whereas in British English, it usually means 'insane'?

Proofreading and editing your work will help you t

Proofreading and editing your work will help you to win customer confidence and respect.

It's perfectly correct to translate "Schrauben, Un

It's perfectly correct to translate "Schrauben, Unterlegscheiben und Gegenmuttern" as "bolts, washers and nuts".
But, the word order will jar on the ears of a native English speaker - naturally, they'd say "nuts, bolts and washers".

Who do you know that 'talks without full stop and

Who do you know that 'talks without full stop and comma'? 😆

Proofreading and editing your work will help you p

Proofreading and editing your work will help you protect your credibility and professional reputation.

What Brits say: "I'd rather not." What others thi

What Brits say: "I'd rather not."

What others think they mean:
They would prefer not to but don't feel too strongly about it.

What they actually mean:
I'm never going to do that in a month of Sundays.

The message of your social media posts should be c

The message of your social media posts should be clear and simple. So, aim for only one train of thought, link or call to action.

Keen #gardeners don't have green fingers in German

Keen #gardeners don't have green fingers in Germany; they have a green thumb👍😆

It seems an odd way to work, but reading up the pa

It seems an odd way to work, but reading up the page helps proofreaders to spot errors without being distracted by the meaning.

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