Foodie Translators – five years on
The editor of the CIoL Linguist magazine has kindly sent me a copy of the latest edition, which features my …
Author Archives: clairecoxtranslations
Postscript to Dear Dragon: on Dragon Professional (Individual) 15
Regular readers may remember that this time last year I wrote a very cross virtual letter to Nuance complaining …
Ten Good Things about Lockdown
As we here in England look forward to emerging from this second period of lockdown next week, albeit into only …
The Great British Holiday – back to the good old days?
This year has been a strange year in many respects, not least the sudden curtailment of everyone’s travel plans. As …
Holiday time – or not going away
I should have been on holiday, this week – in Austria, in our all-time favourite hotel to be specific, in …
Mind Matters
Eleven weeks and counting into lockdown, it’s more important than ever to look after our mental health. I’m aware that …
My life in lockdown – 10 weeks on
Everyone has a different take on the lockdown experience. None of us knew what to expect when lockdown was announced …
What a difference a month makes…
What a different world we live in now to just over a month ago, when I wrote my last post …
Freelancing when you’re ill – a double-edged sword?
I recently retweeted a fabulous in-house job offer for a translator in a large international scientific organisation in Geneva, saying …
Dear Dragon…
As you may (or may not) be aware, I’m a long-time user of your speech recognition software. I first started …
