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This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey

Introducing a new column by Ines Bojlesen Why “This & That”? Well, after more than forty years as a translator and interpreter, I realize that I am good at “This” and “That,” but that I also suck...

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Back up if You Want to Move Forward

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen   This is not a driving lesson but a story about drivers, drives, and computing… backing up our work. It also illustrates...

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More Than Just a Voice

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen A cozy New Year’s evening at home was interrupted by a phone call. “Please help, this is an emergency!” Suddenly my...

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Caruso, a Special Companion

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen   What better companion can you ask for when you work at home, sitting at the computer hour after hour? A little being...

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Collecting Experiences

  This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen   Adjectives such as “shy,” “reluctant,” “tentative,” and “uncertain” do not go well together or individually when it...

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No Question is Too Small

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen I recently worked for the ideal client, who was referred to me by another translator and had an urgent legal document to...

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Resorting to my Crystal Ball

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen “Perhaps the Pure Language does not exist, but pitting one language against another is a splendid adventure, and it is...

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228 Pounds Lighter

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen On April 15, 1980, I was appointed a Tradutora Pública e Intérprete Comercial for the State of São Paulo in Brazil, after...

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A Confessed Saudosista*

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen   At the beginning of my career in São Paulo, translating for direct clients was my reality. Whether clients were law...

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Disagreeing to Agree

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen “That will never happen to me” is a concept that has no place in our reality as translators, especially when we are asked...

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Grammatically Correct

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen I often get into interesting arguments with translators and editors over the use of a certain word, a verb, or...

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Recovering from a Catastrophic Failure

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen The romanticized image of a translator is typically that of a casually dressed person sitting in front of a computer...

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Our Posture Matters

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen Our daily life, whether as translators or interpreters, is extremely demanding on our bodies and minds. We overlook or...

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We Are Neither This Nor That

This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen “Are you comfortable translating a project about social media and millennials? Are you familiar with the latest idioms...

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To Do or Not to Do

  This & That ― Vignettes of a Professional Journey a column by Ines Bojlesen Have you noticed how revered philosophers seldom give us solutions? They raise questions, they sow seeds of curiosity...

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