Blog | Faruk Mardan

Interpreters are just talking dictionaries? Think twice.

I worked with an 'interpreter' a while back at a diplomatic occasion. She had received the transcript of the speech given by the governor...

How to stay calm when freelancing jobs are scarce and how not to overwhelm yourself in busy seasons

I'm afraid I have some bad news for whoever thinks freelancing is all about working from home in your pajama and only working when you...

Using speech recognition software to translate and while interpreting from text

I'm always keen on exploiting technologies to become more efficient in my translation work. With the arrival of my baby girl nearly three...

Do you need a medical degree to be a good medical translator?

Whether you like it or not, there is so much demand for medical translators and very few medical professionals engaged in medical...