Mar

23

How I became a translator

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I always wanted to work for myself and after sampling the delights of a couple of different industries, I realised that translation would offer me a good way to do this. Although this wasn’t a career I had given much thought to during my primary education, I did have some idea of what was involved [...]

Mar

23

How to use Google as a dictionary

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Did you know that Google is also a dictionary? Simply enter define:osmosis, for example, then hit search to have Google retrieve all defintions of osmosis found on the web!