Musings of the Mad Wordsmith (and other things)

Introduction The discussion around the legitimacy of so-called “preventative legislation” and its place in a liberal democracy has been o...

Date: 28 April, Tuesday Time: 7:30 PM in QLD, ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC (GMT+10) Place: at your computer Price: $ 35 (AUSIT members), $ 50 (general...

This is from a friend of mine, a Japanese translator and interpreter, Yoko. Compilation of personal episodes, comments, and tweets from eart...

Rufoof... Shelves... Called a "flagship project" - more like flagging-stone. Or is it flogging? What am I raving about, you ask? W...

It is interesting to see how, at the time Arabic-speaking Gulf countries complain about the morbidity of their own language, an American uni...

I read with interest the address by Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner, at the Annual General Meeting of Interpreting New Zealand, ...

First we had Dubya.. Now we have Wasilla. "Now, some of you may think Sarah introduced “refudiate” to our common language last Sunday, ...

Prof. Lera Boroditsky on how language shapes thinking (or is it the other way round?). Absolutely must read! Read the comments, they are as...

In Australia's professional LSP sector, the standard (and of course lazily comfortable) response to the question "Can translators b...

I love Barbara Jungwirth posting on writing source text in "grammatically correct, clear structures free of spelling and punctuation ...

The Government Accountability Office reported on Thursday that Federal agencies must do more to improve employees' foreign language prof...

A book I would love to translate (are you listening, Alon?) into Arabic. A book that MUST be translated into Arabic, and translated well. Ho...

Ken of the 1-800 Translate company is blogging about Speed.. not the kind that makes you unwell, but the kind that makes you productive. &q...