Social media is here to stay, with its usage spanning across all industries. The languages industry is slowly but surely taking advantage of this vehicle, and individual freelancers should be no exception. This article provides the steps to be taken in using the Facebook medium to enhance a linguist's online presence and produce business leads.
In this article, I look at the translator as an object of representation in cinematography and explore the image of the interpreter in Sydney Pollack's film The Interpreter. First a general description of the plot of the film is given followed by the description of the image of the fictional interpreter, Silvia Broome. Then I dwell on the ethical problem present in the film and reflect on the question: Is it always possible for a translator to act at once professionally and ethically in the situation of conflict?
In this article I write about translation from a minority language perspective, focusing on the differences between standard Swedish and Finland-Swedish. In the article I give examples on differences between these two varieties of Swedish, and I discuss the challenges that a translator, who does not have the standard variety of his/her language as his/her native language, might face.