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7Dec2015

Monday smile – Le petit déj de l’avocat

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croissantA little breakfast fun to start the week…

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30Nov2015

Monday smile – Dogs bring action against bank

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dogs outside 2A woman, her children and her two dogs brought proceedings against a major bank in a recent UK case.

This may be them waiting outside the court for a ruling.

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23Nov2015

Monday smile – Clear as mud

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Warmest wishes to all readers for the coming week.

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9Nov2015

Monday smile – Spin

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Looking forward to a busy week – hope yours will be good.

Anyone done any marketing texts recently?

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2Nov2015

Monday smile – Writing well

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Following on from my recent post on Red Riding Hood, from the US Government, here is a great list of advice on writing well – in tongue-in-cheek style.

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26Oct2015

Monday smile – Synonyms

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To continue on from Friday’s theme (see here)… I think you’ll like this. Enjoy your week!

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19Oct2015

Monday smile – Red riding hood, compliance-style

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redridinghoodI happened upon this lovely demonstration of a technical report gone wrong… Hope you like it, and enjoy your week!

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12Oct2015

Monday smile – Bottled summer smells for commuters

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pinacoladaIn this hemisphere, we are moving slowly but surely into winter, so I thought a little reminder of sunnier days might be nice to start the week.

For those of you in other parts of the globe, I’m sure you’ll see the fun of it too!

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5Oct2015

Monday smile – Business jargon, from castles to unicorns

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As regular readers will know, I have quite a fascination with the wackier realms of business jargon. Hope you enjoy these…

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28Sep2015

Monday smile – La belle ministre vert

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greendressApparently,¹ thanks to an Arabic>French translation of a recent press release (Google Translate strikes again), the Tunisian Minister of Culture became a laughing stock when announcing a new legal framework for artists and designers.

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The third WordstoDeeds conference “Legal Translation and Risk” took place on Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 January 2023. It was a really great event!

Please share news of the conference in any way you can – not just to legal translators but to lawyers and anyone with a stake in diligently translated legal documents.

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  • Monday smiles - I give you this orange
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    Understanding EUR-Lex
  • Online course on Arabic legal translation
    Online course on Arabic legal translation
  • Monday smile - Advertising regulations
    Monday smile - Advertising regulations
  • Monday smile - Percussion & dust
    Monday smile - Percussion & dust
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    Happy New Year from WordstoDeeds
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