I’m sure that deadlines are part of the everyday lives of most readers of this blog. When I saw this clock, I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.
Simplification de contrats: que faire avec les définitions?
I am delighted to introduce Stéphanie Roy, a language advisor that I was lucky enough to see presenting live about a month ago (thoroughly recommended). Stéphanie is a lawyer (Avocate de l’année – Leader de demain du Jeune Barreau de Montréal no less!) and the co-founder of En Clair, a Quebec consultancy which works with companies, banks, organizations and law firms on making documents clearer and more effective.
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Monday smile – A dog’s Brexit
I’m guessing that given our shared interests, no reader of this blog thinks that Brexit is a good idea. Very hard to laugh about it, but let’s try…
Monday smile – Supreme Court Guide for Bears
Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom had these words to say about this book:
“Isobel Williams’s drawings capture the essence of these inquisitive and endearing characters – and her words help bring to life some of the things they get up to when the Justices and staff aren’t looking.”
Virtual conference – ConVTI-2017
I was very interested to find out about a virtual conference on all sorts of topics around translation and interpreting, organised by a good friend of this blog Gio Lester, and Marcia Nabrzecki. They are veteran T&I professionals, and the conference is called ConVTI-2017, to be held on 26 and 27 August 2017.
Name The Translator
It has been a delight over the last week or so to receive many contributions from readers in response to a call I put out asking for examples of books where the translator’s name was featured on the front cover. So first and foremost – thank you all so much!
Monday smile – Something fishy…
Have a great week – whether with or without seafood…
