Category: Employment and Education

It is always fascinating to my mum how I – a native French speaker living in London - am able to understand and speak a language that is not my own with apparent ease. She keeps asking me “how do you do that? You’re practically bilingual!” with a proud smile…

Technology is making our lives easier and more productive each day, and the translation industry is no exception! Two  concepts that are often bundled together and confused by laymen are machine translation and CAT tools. They are, however quite distinct and serve quite different functions. That's why we are asking…

Rosetta Translation officially started its Shanghai operations in 2008. That’s 7 long years already, and I thought it would be interesting to sit back and think what lessons can be learnt in terms of getting a small service business off the ground in the People’s Republic of China.   Get…

We recently posted three articles on the do’s and don’ts of job applications, especially when applying for freelance jobs with us. Following these insightful posts we have also updated and created new pages on the careers section of our website as guidance for any linguist, or potential linguist, interested in…

Following the first post in this careers guide series giving examples of some of the inadequate applications we receive on a daily basis; we would like to give some constructive advice in our next two posts. Though admittedly we do laugh on receiving some emails, our aim is not to…

“Perfection level is not to high from me…” Believe it or not this is from an application for a job… We receive between 40 and 60 unsolicited translator applications every day. A lot are professionally presented and to the point. Quite a few are not, though. Here are some of…

Whether you're an avid follower of the news or not, you'd have to have been living under a rock for the last few months not to know that Ukraine and Russia aren't getting on at the moment. One of the latest twists in the conflict has seen Ukrainian president Petro…

A High Court in the UK recently ruled to uphold English language tests for immigrants wanting to live in the UK. The outrage from some couples caught up in this affair is understandable, but is it too much to ask immigrants to speak the language of their destination country? The…

I recently had the chance to chat with a Polish interpreter who is registered with the NRPSI and successfully passed the demanding DPSI last year. Whilst she had been trying to build up her business as a freelance interpreter and translator, the Ministry of Justice’s announcement regarding the provision of…

Having been immersed in a different language from a young age and subsequently pursuing my passion of learning and speaking languages throughout my school life and into my adult career I find it very hard to understand the lack of interest in foreign languages at school. Nor do I understand…