In France, progressive easing of lockdown started 11 May 2020. Many thanks to clients and partners for your trust and commitment. Thanks to colleagues for their further collaboration during those long weeks. Thanks to all contacts for keeping in touch. Life goes on, our companies...
En France, le déconfinement partiel et progressif a débuté ce lundi 11 mai 2020. Merci aux clients, clientes et partenaires de m’avoir manifesté votre confiance et d’avoir honoré vos engagements. Merci aux collègues d’avoir poursuivi notre collaboration pendant toutes ces semaines. Merci à tous mes...
En France, le déconfinement progressif est officiellement prévu, à ce jour, le 11 mai 2020. Dès à présent, de nombreuses entreprises ont repris le travail avec des mesures sanitaires conséquentes afin de protéger leurs salariés et leurs clients. Dans la perspective d’une circulation à nouveau...
Working from home under those unprecedented circumstances. Stay home, stay safe...
In these hard and unknown times we are all going through, I send this message to let you know that I am with you wholeheartedly: take great care of yourself and your family. Whether you are in good health or affected by illness, I wish...
You may think: translators live in their ivory tower, always talk about books and grammar, they do not mingle with other entrepreneurs and prefer to stay away from real life. On the contrary: translators are interested in other businesses, as these companies are their clients...
Because communication and exchanges between people are a natural process, whatever political organisations and groups try to do to prohibit them. And not everyone is gifted to speak and write the language of the neighbour on the other side of the border. So there will...
This month, I celebrate the 8th anniversary of “Traductions Bénédicte Deweerdt”. Why do translators decide to start their own business as freelance translators? Because translators are not only top-notch linguists, they also have a natural entrepreneurial spirit: translators are language adventurers. When they translate a...
Why do translators have to listen and read in their mother tongue? Languages are born, live, evolve, and sometimes die. Some ways of speaking and words appear, disappear or change. For example, the word “selfie” was unknown 30 years ago. Moreover, grammar rules and spelling...
May the coming months bring you joy, happiness and the fulfilment of all your projects....