What message is conveyed by your choice of words? The vocabulary used to describe countries highlights this, take Ukraine for example.

Intralingual translation can be used to help medical translators test their knowledge of medicine and medical terminology.

Zingword is a unique invitation-only platform where translators can market their services.

Here are my top 5 tips for kickstarting your freelance career: 1. Create an online presence 2. Personalised email address...

I decided I was going to make my first ever CPD plan, but there was one problem, how do I go about doing that?

Nowadays, translators are expected to translate into their native language. But this isn't always possible, take the case of Madalina.

There seems to be some kind of belief that your native language is always going to be your strongest language, but that’s not how it works.

Not using bilingual review files actually increased my productivity in the translation process. But how?

You’d be forgiven for thinking that cinco de mayo is Mexican Independence Day, but this isn’t actually the case.

As my workload increased this year, I soon realised that my time management methods were not up to scratch and I needed to fix them.

When you think about smart speakers, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t productivity.

Since the first lockdown in March 2020, there has been a huge uptake in language learning across the globe, but why?

Flags are a very visual form of communication which can be used to evoke strong feelings of national pride and identity.

I thought I would share some of my tips for staying active whilst working from home that I’ve learnt in my first few months in the business.

Author profile Andrew Bell is a medical translator working from Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan to English trading under the name Bell...

Author profile Andrew Bell is a medical translator working from Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan to English trading under the name Bell...