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5 days ago
5 min

Time management: from paper diaries to ClickUp

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.

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How to increase your productivity with smart speakers

Andrew Bell

Mar 1
5 min

How to increase your productivity with smart speakers

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

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Andrew Bell

Feb 15
3 min

Language learning during lockdown

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

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Should we use flags to represent languages?

Andrew Bell

Feb 1
4 min

Should we use flags to represent languages?

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

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Andrew Bell

Jan 15
5 min

Staying active as a freelancer

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.

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Is Google Translate threatening the translation profession?

Andrew Bell

Dec 16, 2020
3 min

Is Google Translate threatening the translation profession?

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

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Andrew Bell

Dec 1, 2020
3 min

What are CAT tools?

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

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