How do we make teamwork work?

This is a preview of the Patreon-exclusive series "The Next 12 Months of Your Translation Career", in which our expert contributors tell you about a topic that they think you should reflect on in order to enhance your translation career over the next year. Each instalment includes some practical tips for you to put the ideas into practice. The full episode is available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/source2target

Our guest for this week is Dr Christophe Fricker, with whom we talked about specialising in literary translation and also about working conditions and practices for freelance translators more generally. GuestChristophe Fricker Website LinkedIn University profile

This is a preview of the Patreon-exclusive series "The Source", which looks at the world of translation research and what practitioners can learn from it - and vice versa! The full episode is available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/source2target Main publication discussed Dorgu, G. & Moorkens, J. (2024). "Data Augmentation with Translation Memories for Desktop Machine Translation Fine-tuning in 3 Language Pairs". The Journal of Specialised Translation. 41, 149–178. https://doi.org/10.26034/cm.jostrans.2024.4716 ---

In this episode, Charlotte and Paul join us to talk about specialising in technical translation, combining a really honest view of the current state of the field with some really practical steps that anyone can take if they want to get into the field. Guests Paul Clarke & Charlotte Couchman Lodestar Translations --- You can follow the podcast on LinkedIn, or find out more about accessing our subscription-based episodes on Patreon.  

This is a preview of the Patreon-exclusive series "The Next 12 Months of Your Translation Career", in which our expert contributors tell you about a topic that they think you should reflect on in order to enhance your translation career over the next year. Each instalment includes some practical tips for you to put the ideas into practice. The full episode is available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/source2target

On this week's episode, we are joined by the #TeamTranslator team to talk about the importance of teamwork and collaborating with other linguists, especially on passion projects that are only indirectly linked to our paid client work.   Guests Kelsey Frick LinkedIn / Instagram Anikó Pető-Mordovski LinkedIn #TeamTranslator Website / LinkedIn --- You can follow the podcast on LinkedIn, or find out more about accessing our subscription-based episodes on Patreon.

This is a preview of the Patreon-exclusive series "The Source", which looks at the world of translation research and what practitioners can learn from it - and vice versa! The full episode is available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/source2target --- Main publications discussed: Amato, A. M. A., & Mangoni. G. (2020). "Interpreting in a Recreational Paediatrics Setting: Displaying (Inter)cultural Competence with Children", in Ferraresi, A., Pederzoli, R., Cavalcanti, S., & Scansani R. (eds.) Metodi e ambiti nella ricerca sulla traduzione, l'interpretazione e l'interculturalità – Research Methods and Themes in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies, MediAzioni 29: B50-B75, http://www.mediazioni.sitlec.unibo.it Amato, A., & Mack, G. (2026). Accompanied and Unaccompanied Migrant Children's and Adolescents' Perspective on their Communication Needs: A Field Study in Two Italian Reception Centres. MediAzioni, 51, A1-A24. https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.1974-4382/21000 Amato, A., & Mack, G. (2021). The best interest of the child in interpreter-mediated interviews. Researching children's point of view. inTRAlinea 23. http://www.intralinea.org/archive/article/2539

Continuing with our theme of accessibility, this week's episode is all about working as a British Sign Language interpreter!   Guest Ruth Hastings --- You can follow the podcast on LinkedIn, or find out more about accessing our subscription-based episodes on Patreon.

This is a preview of the Patreon-exclusive series "The Next 12 Months of Your Translation Career", in which our expert contributors tell you about a topic that they think you should reflect on in order to enhance your translation career over the next year. Each instalment includes some practical tips for you to put the ideas into practice. The full episode is available on Patreon: www.patreon.com/source2target

This week we are joined by long-standing friend-of-the-podcast Lindsay Bywood to talk about her work on co-creating audio-descriptions for museums and cultural institutions! Guest Lindsay Bywood VocalEyes --- You can follow the podcast on LinkedIn, or find out more about supporting us and accessing our subscription-based episodes on Patreon.