The Year in Language News: An Undefinitive Smattering from 2010
As the end of a year approaches, you can always count on two seasonal mainstays: gross amounts of food and gross amounts of lists. The prior usually come in differing shapes, flavors, and textures, while the latter mostly always resemble each other thematically. You’ve probably read at least one ‘Best Of’, or ‘Most Important’, or […]
Lessons from a Graduate Student in Translation: Market Overview
As the semester draws to a close, it may be beneficial to look at one of the most relevant elements of any career — and one that has been on every one of my classmates’ minds for some time: salary. While translators and interpreters are no starving artists, all but the most prominent ones cannot […]
Lardcore: Southern Food, but Southern Style?
The holidays are often a time of overindulgence, especially when it comes to food. From Thanksgiving through New Years, Americans tend to stuff their faces with holiday mainstays. But it’s fair to say that a plate topped off North Dakota won’t look like one topped off in Alabama. Southern food has always been distinct, and […]