It’s a curious thing that sometimes things really do come along in threes. There is the standing joke that buses come along in threes, I tend to sneeze in threes and now…. I’ve recently read three murder mysteries all set in Cambridge. (I can’t quite work out why I have focused on this genre as [...]
Filed under: Books, Translation on November 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
about editing I was reminded of the following:
A client contacted me late on Thursday evening to ask if I would translate a 700-word press release the next morning. In two hours; and as it was so super-dooper urgent, there wouldn’t be time for it to be proofread by a third party.
I declined their kind offer. [...]
Filed under: Translation, Trials on November 29th, 2008 | Comments Off
er…postman from the… ahem.. West to the Ancient Roman City saying, Where is she that is known as Kerensa? And, lo, the star, which the postman saw in the east, went before him, till it came and stood over where Kerensa was. When he saw the star, he rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when he was come to the house, he [...]
Filed under: Seasons on November 27th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve just finished an assignment – it is well past the witching hour – but I had problems with the wretched software which meant that I had to print off my original translation and then type it out again. Grrrrr.
So as I am now wide awake, I will catch up on some of the posts [...]
Filed under: Books, Germany on November 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So there I was at Lincoln College following signs through the courtyards and corridors to find the designated room. When I arrived I managed to find one of the very last free seats – which involved squeezing past a lot of very intelligent looking under/postgrads.
It occurred to me that I hadn’t a clue if Dr [...]
Filed under: Germany, Königswinter on November 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
and apologies for keeping you in it – suspense, that is. I seem to have been rather busy of late.
My mystery dinner companion was Norbert Lammert.
I know his name is not particularly well known in the Anglo-Saxon world but allow me to prevent your having to google him. (As I mentioned in my own comment [...]
Filed under: Germany, Königswinter, Politics, Professional development on November 24th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You will never guess who I had dinner with yesterday evening….
Filed under: Germany, Königswinter, Professional development on November 19th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Gentle readers, you may already know that I am a night owl. This means that I find the act of getting up before the time of day ordained for me at the foundation of the world nigh on impossible.
Tomorrow (Tuesday), I have to get up at 6.45 am. I know for many of you this [...]
Filed under: Community on November 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ooh. I am all of a-twitter and certainly a bit bewildered – or verwirrt. And definitely rather blinded by the sparkling shinyness of the new wibsite. I’ve put my sunglasses on to block the glare – but now I’m fumbling around in the darkness trying to work out what to do next. There are so [...]
Filed under: Community on November 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments »