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Turns out, I speak (some) Farsi!
I know many Farsi words. I just don’t know that I know them! I’ve always known that the world is much more connected that we think it is....
Faruk Mardan
May 113 min read
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Copilot vs ChatGPT in a hallucination contest
While the hype around LLMs (large language models) is certainly justified and understandable, we still need to poke some fun so we don’t...
Faruk Mardan
Jan 153 min read
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From Bella Ciao to Goodbye my friends
I was born in the 1980s, to parents who love watching films about the world wars. Growing up in China in my generation, it was next to...
Faruk Mardan
Jan 155 min read
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Sarcasm alert!
For the record, I’m not from Britain or from Kashgar. I’m from Urumqi, which is not important in and of itself, but important to my...
Faruk Mardan
Jan 156 min read
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Are translation and interpreting trainers in denial in the age of AI?
A recent (civilised) squabble among renowned academic and industry leaders in translation and interpreting on social media caught my...
Faruk Mardan
Jan 158 min read
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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...
Faruk Mardan
Jun 14, 20203 min read
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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...
Faruk Mardan
Jun 14, 20205 min read
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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...
Faruk Mardan
Jun 14, 20205 min read
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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...
Faruk Mardan
Jun 14, 20204 min read
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