No time to read all those great translation blogs or check all the news and tools for translators? Here you can find a selection of recently published blog posts, older but still up-to-date posts, links to translation blogs and websites, as well as many other tips specifically for translators.

31 Jul 2009

Tips for freelancers... like us!

The following posts are very interesting for freelancers in general - like us, translators, who are usually self-employed. Enjoy.

- Ten Tips To Stay Motivated — Even When You Really Don’t Feel Like Working is a useful post written by Laura Spencer. The photo that comes with the post might suggest that caffeine is one of the tips (which, apparently, is one of translators' top motivators, along with chocolate...), but it actually isn't. While you're at

21 Jul 2009

Concurso para Tradutor Público e Intéprete Comercial no Rio de Janeiro

*******Atualização: INSCRIÇÕES ENCERRADAS********

Finalmente, após longa espera - mais de 20 anos -, os tradutores do estado do Rio de Janeiro que desejarem poderão fazer concurso para Tradutor Público e Intérprete Comercial. A notícia saiu no portal G1 ontem e foi rapidamente divulgada no Twitter. O blog fidus interpres publicou um resumo do edital, comentários e também uma lista com diversos posts úteis para quem quer se preparar para o concurso: http://fidusinterpres.com/?p=2720. A notícia do G1 está aqui:

17 Jul 2009

Seleção de posts | Selection of posts

I've compiled a short selection of posts today to keep you busy in the next few days!

In English
- To have fun and see yourself with humour: Mox's Blog is still posting its funny comic strips: http://mox.ingenierotraductor.com/. If you don't know them yet, read them all.

- Thoughts on Translation has launched an idea: There is a niche for "personal software training". Someone

8 Jul 2009

A few links for 'beginners' | Alguns links para "iniciantes"

I'm sure lots of you know about these links, but I also think those new to the profession might not, so here it goes. I use these websites very frequently when translating.

Acronym Finder: http://www.acronymfinder.com/ - Contains over 4.219.000 acronyms and abbreviations

OneLook Dictionary Search: http://www.onelook.com/ - One Look is like the "Google" of the dictionaries. It will find definitions in several dictionaries such as American Heritage, Merriam-Webster's,

6 Jul 2009

Blog of the month | Blog do mês

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O blog deste mês é meu favorito: fidus interpres, do tradutor Fabio Said. O blog está de cara completamente nova, num formato de revista. Ainda não explorei bem este novo formato, que requer muito mais atenção do que o antigo (que, aliás, ainda era bem novo). Mas os posts do Fabio são interessantíssimos, além de altamente informativos. A maioria é em português, mas alguns são em alemão e inglês. Não deixo de ler o fidus interpres diariamente para saber das novidades de tradução. Esta é a dica de julho. Para quem não conhece, será uma descoberta e tanto!

1 Jul 2009

Paraty International Literary Festival - Can't go? Watch online

The Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP - Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty) will open today. It is the seventh edition of this successful event held every year in the historical village of Paraty, located on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. With authors coming from all over the world as well as renowned Brazilian writers, Flip is an exciting "party", a festival of ideas and words which attracts book lovers, authors, publishers, translators and artists. This year, according to the organizers, those who can't go to Paraty will be