Tag Archives: translation

A Blaze from the Past

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Cora

I had a busy day today. First, I visited my aunt in the hospital, then I attended the monthly translators meet-up at Leo’s Restaurant in Bremen. While rushing from the hospital to the restaurant, I passed through the central station. … Continue reading →

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Brenda Starr, Stieg Larsson and some Housekeeping

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Cora

Today, I took down the Christmas tree and the rest of the holiday decorations. Epiphany Day, i.e. January 6th, is the traditional deadline for getting rid of holiday decorations in my area (though in some regions, e.g. in part of … Continue reading →

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Judging Books by their Covers

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cora

It’s still snowing, though no longer quite as cold as before. And of course my heater had to have a failure in the middle of the night (I have a nifty system that sends me a fax to inform me … Continue reading →

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Machine Translation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Cora

While checking my stats, I noticed that the visits to my site had gone up sharply over the weekend and that several visitors had googled my full name. Now that could’ve been anyone, an old classmate, distant relative, estranged friend, … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Town

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Cora

Since I didn’t have any classes today, I finally got around to picking up my certified translator diploma. I already passed the exam in late September, but since I work at a school and the office where I had to … Continue reading →

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Star Wars, Gender and Kids

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Cora

Now that my troublesome class decided to behave for once, one of my not-troublesome classes decided to act up instead. I guess just one relatively quiet week is too much to hope for. What is more, tonight was the monthly … Continue reading →

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