Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla, is the longest continuously inhabited town in Mexico. Its colourful facades and spacious zócalo are a welcome break from the busy and polluted streets of Mexico City, just about 130 km away. But much as I love colours, that’s not why I went to Cholula during a trip […]
I’ve been going to hot yoga three times a week for about two and a half years and, apart from how great it feels physically – sweating so much is like a detox – I’ve been slowly finding connections between yoga and my life as a freelancer, and needless to say, most of these realisations […]
Some time ago I saw a post on LinkedIn where someone sounded outraged at the idea of translators wanting to be credited for their work. This person was a translator, so we’re not talking about someone outside the industry with no experience. The post, and the many comments that followed, made me think a lot […]
Life in the big city can become overwhelming, even when you’re lucky enough to dodge the daily commute bullet and work from a home office. In my case, after a period of hard work with big urban parks as the only ‘escape’, the call of nature becomes too loud to be ignored. Last July I […]
A few days ago I met some colleagues for a co-translation meeting, one of the many I hope to organise. We brought our own questions and examples so we could analyse them together and discuss possible solutions. The texts I chose to share were an example of marketing content – website copy for a well-known […]
It’s only been three days since I arrived from bp19 in Bologna and I’m still under the ‘conference buzz’, which feels like the right mood to share my personal account of the three-day event. It was my first bp, but it won’t be my last. It was very clear all attendees were looking forward to […]