U TTLY KWIM, Right?

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One of the many enjoyable things about translating is that I’m always learning something new, no matter how short the text. I just finished translating a sample from a Belgian novel for middle-school-aged girls, in which the characters communicate face-to-face, on the phone, via email and via texting. 

My Relationship With Dictionaries

The Daily Post today is about dictionaries. It concludes with the question what dictionaries are to me and if I have any favorites.

Well, it wasn’t love at first sight, I can tell you that. In fact, I avoided dictionaries as a youngster–too much hassle. I preferred the DIY method: inference through context.

As a student in library school I learned extensively about all imaginable dictionaries, but it was one of the most boring classes. Probably because the teacher had the stage presence of a bibliography of bibliographies. Dictionaries were a necessity, a useful tool, but I still wasn’t turned on.

D-E Translating: A Link to the Website

Quality Dutch-English translations of fiction and texts related to the social sciences.

For some reason my blog–which is unrelated to my translating work–is easier to find on search engines than my professional website.

So I’ve included this post on my blog to refer anyone who is looking for a Dutch-English translator to my website.  Please click here to get to my translation website, which has all the information you need.

Thank you.