Planning to start the week by being dutiful on the admin side?
Horrid but it’s got to be done…
Have a great (and productive) week! π Continue reading
Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Cat calls
Zoom fatigue? See below.
Enjoy your week!
Oh, and if you need a legal connection to this smile, see “Consolidated Cat Laws” from Michegan State University’s Animal Legal and Historical Center*.
Monday smile – Here today, gone tomato
You may or may not have heard, but in England at the moment there is a tomato shortage – to the point that they are being rationed by supermarkets.
The UK Government responses:
- weather – too good
- weather – too bad
- energy costs (??)
- eat turnips instead (?????)
Monday smile – Terrible facts
Enjoy your week. πMonday smile – Dig it with dogs
A brilliant contribution at the recent W2D2023 Conference came from Argentina via Carmen Olivetti, in the shape of a public information campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of translation.
Pretty sure it will make you smile – and admire their tactics.
The Colegio de Traductores PΓΊblicos de la Ciudad de Buonos Aires produced this fantastic video. One warning though – turn the sound down if you share an office… π
Monday smile – Analytical deluge
Have a lovely week everyone.
A great big shout-out to all those who attended W2D2023. π
For this week’s smile, the subject of data analysis – which seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment… Continue reading
Monday smile – Conference speakers
Excitement is building here at W2D HQ. Really looking forward to meeting attendees at the end of this week in Cambridge, at the WordstoDeeds conference Legal Translation and Risk.
Here’s a smile in the meantime…
What do you call a stand-in speaker at a dog conference? Continue reading
Monday smile – Risk factors
Gettting into conference mood now, here’s a Monday smile about risk. π
Registration for the conference closes this week, so this is fair warning if anyone hasn’t registered yet!
We’ll have plenty of risks to talk about at the conference – as shown below… π
Monday smile – An espe-shell-y funny typo
To start your week off with a little cheer…Monday smile – A VERY long presentation of the Court
The archives of the Old Bailey, London’s criminal court, hold the following introductory clause which is THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT-NINE words long. π All it does is introduce the judges and jurors.
The case is the trial of Francis Henry de la Motte, charged with high treason, and dates from 1781. Drafting lawyers have not all learnt their lesson about succinctness since then… π Continue reading
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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