A few years back, I worked as an interpreter on an HR seminar where the keynote speech was delivered by a doctor-turned management...

“ Activité ” is another one of those words that is superficially similar to its English equivalent, with the same etymology and many...

Poor corporate communication is so ubiquitous that it has almost become a cliché in itself. The Internet abounds with articles and memes ...

Successive political, social, and health crises in western democracies – indeed in most of the world now – mean that staying abreast of...

The fall and rise of the humble baguette.

My first memories of the World Cup are of Mexico 86; I was eight years old that summer. England made it to the quarter finals and...

How improving carbon sequestration in the soil could offset practically all new carbon emissions and can help farmers adapt to the reality of climate change.

Bill Bryson claims that “200,000 words are in common use” in the English language compared to “a mere 100,000” in French. The case of “métier” certainly goes some way to helping me believe that statistic.

“ Efficace ”: What does it mean? Effective? Efficient? Efficacious? All of these things? What it the best way to translate it? Let's...

The word "enjeux" originally meant the sum you are willing to gamble in a game. This blog discusses how to translate it in a modern context.

How many translators does it take to screw in a light bulb? It depends on the context…. Translating " partage " by "sharing" might seem...

Tristan Harris, a former Google engineer who now advocates for ethical social media algorithms, coined the term “race to the bottom of...

There are subtle differences in how the word “performance” is used in French and English, which can be seen in the difference between the...

When former Minister of the Ecological Transition Nicolas Hulot presented his hydrogen roll-out plan for the energy transition on 1 June...

when combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions as well as vaccination.

We need a moratorium on children’s use of social media On 2 September 2021, French children born in 2010 started secondary school (or “...

After previously fretting about the perils of solidarity , it may seem somewhat alarmist or imprudent of me to now go after generosity,...

A light-hearted look at translators’ troubles with problematic prose. #translation #traduction

Today, I want to look at a word of business jargon that frequently crops up in discussions of organisational design: “transversal”.

Research suggests that 3 in 5 consumers worldwide want to learn more about where their food comes from and how it is made . Conscious of...