Setting Up For April 🦋

How do you take your picture? Like they are very aesthetic and the lightning is just really good adhfkgkjkgk !!!! Can you tell me any tips for the lightning ??? Thanks so much !!!

ahh thank you so much! currently i take all my photos using my dying iphone 6s! real talk tho, i’m terrible at editing pictures consistently :( i’m still learning and trying to nail down an aesthetic BUT!! i do have a few tips that i’ve picked up! 

natural light is your best friend! i try and take all of my journal photos on the same white table i have set up next to bedroom window. i also usually take them somewhere between 9-10 am, which gives me slightly more consistent lighting that isn’t as harsh. experiment to find the best lighting of the day where you are!

move to the light! is your desk too far from your window? or is the best light somewhere else in the house? no problem, just pick up a sheet or something you can lay out as your backdrop and arrange your supplies wherever the light is best, whether that’s the living room by the french doors, your brother’s huge desk that he only uses for gaming, the dining room table…wherever dude! a white pillowcase is mobile and you can even carry your stuff in it lol.

edit brightness using the app snapseed! i upload the raw photo with no filters or edits to snapseed first, and i usually just let the curves tool do the lightening of the shadows in my photos for me. i think it washes out the whole photo less than just upping the overall brightness in like vsco or something.

only apply filters/color edits after you’ve adjusted your brightness! a lot of preset filters on apps like snapseed or vsco are going to automatically adjust the contrast, shadows, highlights, and temperature of your photo. you don’t want to spend time on an edit only to discover that when you change the brightness it suddenly looks funky. not fun :( also, always edit with your screen at max brightness so you can see clearly what you’re doing!

hopefully that was helpful, but i’m still learning as well! best of luck friend!

Translation Masterpost

So you want to be a translator: online resources and books for translation students. Aside from translation specific resources, there are also related materials you can look into to improve your work and knowledge. Some Interpreting material in here as well.

As a disclaimer, I have not read all of these books (yet). The most highly recommended will be bolded. Keep in mind I am entering my second year in university and have much left to discover. Feel free to suggest titles, blogs and websites for the masterpost!

I will be linking this masterpost in my sidebar and updating it often. Remember to check book ratings and reviews before purchasing!

Translation Books:

A Practical Guide to Localization by Bert Esselink

Becoming A Translator by Douglas Robinson

Companion Book for Translators and Interpreters: 100+ Key English-Spanish Medical Terms by José Luis Leyva

Companion Book for Translators and Interpreters: the 1000+ Key English-Spanish Legal Terms You Will Need to Know by José Luis Leyva

Conference Interpreting by Andrew Gillies

Experiences in Translation by Umberto Eco

Exploring Translation Theories by Anthony Pym

Found In Translation by Natally Kelly and Jost Zetzsche

How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator by Corinne McKay

In Other Words: A Coursebook On Translation by Mona Baker

Introducing Translation Studies by Jeremy Munday

Introduction to Court Interpreting by Holly Mikkelson

Is That A Fish In Your Ear? by David Bellos

Maintaining Your Seocond Language by Eve Lindemuth Bodeux

Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting by Andrew Gillies

Os Tradutores na História by Jean Delisle

Research Methods in Interpreting by Sandra Hale and Jemina Napier

Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies by Mona Baker and Gabriela Saldanha

The Entrepreneurial Linguist: The Business School Approach to Freelance Translation by Judy and Dagmar Jenner

The Poetics of Translation by Willis Barnstone

The Prosperous Translator by Chris Durban

Theories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays

Thoughts on Translation by Corinne McKay

Translating Literature by André Lefevere

Translation: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Juliane House

Translation, History & Culture by Susan Bassnet

Translation Quality Assessment: Past and Present by Juliane House

Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman

19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How A Chinese Poem Is Translated by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz

Translation Books in Portuguese:

A Tradução Literária por Paulo Henriques Britto

A Tradução Vivida por Paulo Rónai

Conversas com Tradutores por Ivone C. Benedetti e Adail Sobral

Da Tradução Automática à Tradução Manual por Liliana Pereira

Escola de Tradutores por Paulo Rónai

Fidus interpres por Fabio M. Said

Guia Prático de Tradução Inglesa por Agenor Soares dos Santos

Línguas, Poetas e Bacharéis: uma Crônica da Tradução no Brasil por Lia Wyler

Oficina de Tradução: A Teoria na Prática por Rosemary Arrojo

O Jeito Que A Gente Diz por Stella Tagnin

O Que é Tradução por Geir Campos

Os Labirintos da Tradução: A Legendagem Cinematográfica e a Construção do Imaginário

Perdidos na Tradução por Iuri Abreu

Porque usar programas de apoio à tradução? (Download PDF) por Danilo Nogueira

Procedimentos Técnicos da Tradução por Heloísa Gonçalves Barbosa

Quase a Mesma Coisa por Umberto Eco

Sua Majestade, O Intérprete por Ewandro Magalhães Jr.

Teorias Contemporâneas da Tradução por Edwin Gentzler

Tradução, Ato Desmedido por Boris Schnaiderman

Tradução e Adaptação por Lauro Amorim

Tradução e Cultura por Cynthia Ann Bell-Santos

Tradução e Dialogismo por Heber de Oliveira Costa Silva

Tradução e Multidisciplinaridade por Marcia A. P. Martins

Tradução de Humor: Transcriando Piadas por Marta Rosas

Tradução Para Dublagem por Ana Carolina Konecsni

Traduzir com Autonomia por Adriana Pagano, Célia Magalhães e Fabio Alves

Vocabulando - Vocabulário Prático Inglês-Português por Isa Mara Lando

Translation Books in Italian:

Dire Quasi la Stressa Cosa di Umberto Eco

Online Reading:

Endonyms and Exonyms by Mabel Duran Sanchez

The Subtle Gap Between Being Bilingual and Being a Translator by Jacobe

Translation of Geographical Names by Gilberto Castañeda-Hernández

Recommended Reading List:

Course In General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure

Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations by William Ury

How To Do Things With Words by J. L. Austin

Mastering Services Pricing by Kevin Doolan

Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution by Michael Hammer and James Champy

The Culture of Collaboration by Evan Rosen

Time Management for Freelancers: A Self-Paced Course for Freelance Translators and Other Solopreneurs by Nicole Y. Addams

Recommended Reading List (PT):

O Corpo Fala: A Linguagem Silenciosa da Comunicação por Pierre Weil e Roland Tompakow

Blogs:

A Arte da Tradução (Portuguese)

About Translation (English)

Adventures in Freelance Translation (English)

All In Portuguese (Portuguese and English)

Blogging with Swedish Translation Services (English)

Brave New Worlds (English)

BTS Blog (English)

BTS Blog (Portuguese)

Ecos da Tradução (Portuguese)

Ewandro Magalhães (English)

Fidus Interpres (German)

Musings from and overworked translator (English)

Naked Translations (English)

Pribi (Portuguese)

Tecla SAP (Portuguese)

Thoughts on Translation (English)

Tradução Via Val (Portuguese)

Transblawg (English)

Translation Client Zone (English)

Translation Times (English)

Translation Tribulations (English)

Translator’s Digest (English)

Trusted Translations (English)

Want Words (English)

Websites:

American Translators Association (English)

Associação Brasileira de Tradutores (Portuguese)

Céline Graciet (English to French)

Ewandro Magalhães (English to Portuguese, maybe more)

International Medical Interpreters Association (English)

Jill Sommer (German to English)

Karen Tkaczyk (French to English)

Marketing Tips for Translators

Marta Stelmaszak (English to Polish)

Petra Schweitzer (English to German)

Thomas Bosch (English to German)

Podcasts:

Marketing Tips for Translators (English)

Speaking of Translation (English)

TradCast (Portuguese)

Presentations:

Comparable Corpora for Terminology by Stella Tagnin

Presentations in Portuguese:

Convencionalidade e Tradução por Stella Tagnin

Corpora e Tradução por Anne Frankenberg-Garcia

Informática Aplicada à Tradução por UCP Pós-graduação em tradução

Linguística de Corpus e Tradução por Stella Tagnin

Memórias de Tradução por Universidade de Aveiro

Software:

MemoQ

Microsoft Office

ProMT

ProMT English <> Portuguese

SDL Trados Studio

Systran

Wordfast

On Freelancing:

Freelancing as a Stay-at-Home Parent

How I Built My Direct Client Base (Without Using Translation Portals)

How to Retain Freelance Clients

Make A Living Writing

Using LinkedIn Efficiently to Find Translation Clients

Yearly Events:

ATA Annual Conference (USA)

IAMIA Annual Conference (USA)

International ABRATES Congress (Brazil)

ProfT (Brazil)

TRADUSA: Encontro Brasileiro de Tradutores Especializados na Área da Saúde (Brazil)

Other:

Fluxo de trabalho para integrar ProMT e MemoQ

Localization and Translation Resources

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back to posting!! hello, hello, nice to see u all again!! i know a lot of schools are closed, both in the us and internationally, so i hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. due to my lil unscheduled hiatus, i have a lot of spreads and content coming up soon!! if ur off school/work, or working from home, is there anything u have planned??

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Some more Japanese KitKats and Notes!

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28.06.20 ~ a few notes from my psych classes. It’s been so hard to focus these days! I’ve been binge watching Anne with an e and Dark. Fortunately this week i have a break from uni and I plan on rest ✨

Go take a look on my studygram if you want more digital notes inspiration 💕

9.24.19

Fall colors for fall days 🍁🍂

youtube channels to motivate you this semester

♡ abao in tokyo - study with me’s & playlists

♡ advika singh - study & productivity vlogs

♡ allie c. - medical school vlogs

♡ carrot td - study with me’s

♡ celine - study with me’s

♡ deaana - medical school, study with me’s, stationary, etc.

♡ dear mimi - study vlogs

♡ dia - medical student vlogs

♡ dr. rachel southard, do - medical school & residency vlogs & talks

♡ emily feng - medical school vlogs

♡ emilystudying - dental school & study vlogs

♡ emma grace - nursing school vlogs

♡ emmalilyn - study with me’s

♡ ginny - study vlogs

♡ hyobin - medical student vlogs

♡ leighton sanders - nursing vlogs

♡ lucky penny - study with me’s

♡ lunardazes. - uni study vlogs

♡ madi’s nursing journey - nursing school & nursing vlogs

♡ mango oatmilk - study with me’s

♡ maria silva - study & hospital interning vlogs

♡ merve - study with me’s

♡ mishujo - study & productive vlogs

♡ nada - study & productivity vlogs

♡ ray hon - study with me’s

♡ sab yang - medical school & study vlogs

♡ sean study - study with me’s

♡ sierra lyn - nursing vlogs

♡ studymd - study with me’s

♡ study to success - stationary, study with me’s, study hacks, etc.

♡ tani study - study with me’s

♡ yours truly, chloe - study vlogs

♡ yulma - study with me’s

dark academia lookbook from a conservation biology major // ♡

posting a spread from 2018 because why not???

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6.2021

Hands and flowers collage weekly