The future of #adobeconnect looks exciting for interactive sessions,...
If you are in need of one solution which will do a lot of things, like enhanced face-to-face teaching, but also online conferencing with a whole bunch of bells and whistles such as mobile and tablet...
View ArticleThe Fourth European Articulate Conference round-up
Another year, another awesome European Articulate Conference: over 100 participants from lots of countries working in academic institutions, in-house training departments, and freelance. Who would have...
View ArticleEasy way to extract citations from protected PDFs or websites
If you’ve ever wondered how to deal relatively easily with making notes and storing citations...
View ArticleLecture capture closed captioning with Adobe Connect & Dragon Naturally...
We have been using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro this year to record a good number of our lectures, as well as enable student interaction and in-lecture note-taking/captioning. The captions and interaction...
View ArticleHow to make sure an oversubscribed accessibility conference is also a...
At the University of Leeds Text Access conference we were really looking forward to sharing what we do in the area of providing access to lectures and seminars for our Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students...
View ArticleA CAT tool can also be a viable translation teaching tool? Who would have...
Most of the people I have met / whose thoughts I have read since being back in Translation Studies seem to view CAT (Computer - Assisted Translation) tools as applications to be taught in specialised...
View ArticleIn-house or freelancing? What about real entrepreneurship?
In this post I will highlight a resource which I have come across recently (although it has been around for a while) and which is available to translators everywhere (as well as all start-ups in...
View ArticleJe suis Charlie
“Je suis Charlie” by Joachim Roncin (proof), Charlie Hebdo (charliehebdo.fr). Typefaces authors: Mark van Bronkhorst (Sweet...
View ArticleOn “Creativity” by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly (this is *not* a book review)
I have been thinking for quite some time about having a section just dedicated to...
View ArticleOn rates: #xl8 #translation #leedscts #t9n #consultancy #e-learning
I have recently seen a link posted by Ral (thank you, Ral!) to a really interesting...
View ArticleWhy we should take the latest Multilingual with a pinch of salt
Saint Nicholas (the friendly and totally fictional character who sneaks around bringing fairly random gifts) came a few days early for my students and me: thanks to the lovely folks at Multilingual,...
View ArticleSo you want to build your own MT engine? (part 1)
The 11th of November, 2016, was a super fun day for me: I left Leeds...
View ArticleMore post-truth content = more disobedient translations?
I know I tend to spend a large part of my time in the company...
View ArticleSo you want to build your own MT engine? (part 2)
It’s been six months since part 1 and more and more folks have started mentioning...
View ArticleLocalising Prezi presentations using Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools
A quick guide to translating / localising Prezi Classic presentations much more effectively by using Computer - Assisted Translation tools: ideas for an improved workflow.
View ArticleTeaching with the Catchbox: it’s working even when it’s not working!
If you're a teacher, you have surely asked yourself at some stage: "What can I do to motivate my students to ask, as well as answer more questions, and generally engage more with my class? At the same...
View ArticleCan changing the background colour in your CAT tool make you a healthier,...
One of my all-time favourite resources available on Lynda.com is Universal Principles of Design. The...
View ArticleCan automatic speech recognition already help verbatim reporters?
The role of “verbatim reporter” is rather specific to International Organisations such as the UN,...
View ArticleIs Facebook up for making a big difference to migrants, under-resourced...
The context Imagine you’ve decided to learn a new language. Everyone has their own preferred...
View ArticleTeaching translation technologies: as easy as 1, 2, 3 (45678910)
It’s been fantastic to see the recent interest in teaching translation technologies! The topic seems...
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