Maria Scheibengraf, The SEO Translation Bible: Master the Art of SEO and Diversify as a Freelance Translator Updated review of the updated “SEO Translation Bible”: The beefed-up 2.0 version of the book has 28 more pages. Maria has marked the new and improved parts in the table of contents. With the rise of machine translation, […]
Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean What is the book about? Are you wondering how Josh Bernoff feels about modern business writing? The title of his book says it all—front-loading at its best! If you’ve had enough of verbal ducking and weaving in business writing, this book is for you. […]
Run out of things to read? There’s a new book in town: “The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings that Make Surprising Sense” by Daniel Menaker. A seasoned author and editor himself, Menaker has spent many years collecting spelling errors that—while remaining errors—follow their own fascinating logic. The people who make these types of errors are usually those […]
Even if you think you have read enough style manuals to last you a lifetime, you should give this one a try. Good writing is worth reading about. Steven Pinker is no unknown and definitely does not need me to recommend his book. He’s a household name in linguistics and cognitive science—in part because he is […]
When you think about it, food is a living expression of history and culture. In his book The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu, Dan Jurafsky takes us on a whirlwind journey through the history of common foods and unveils their often unexpected origins and what they tell us about human psychology. What […]
Things have been rather quiet on the blog lately. I’ve been catching up on my reading and, frankly, just enjoying the sunshine. One book in particular has had me snorting drinks out of my nose and guffawing in waiting rooms. Highly recommended! The cultural differences hidden behind mere words I’m talking about a new book […]
Punctuation..?, User design This summer I received a review copy of the lovely booklet Punctuation..?, published by User design in the UK. December is almost upon us and because I’m based in Germany I will skip Thanksgiving and go directly into Christmas mode. Here is a short review of a book that might be a […]
Diversification in the Language Industry I’ve spent the last few days reading Nicole Y. Adam’s book Diversification in the Language Industry: Success beyond Translation. (Spoiler alert: I highly recommend her book.) Nicole’s book already had me at the foreword. Annamaria Arnall (National President AUSIT) writes: When you are translating, you are expressing other people’s thoughts. […]
For Who the Bell Tolls by David Marsh, 2013 Stan Carey covered the important ground in his book review posted on his blog Sentence First. I’ve really enjoyed reading the book so far. At the moment I’m stuck in a rather long list of tricky words and grammar pitfalls. Reading this on my Kindle means that […]
