Dirty Little Secrets for Translators

15
Aug

Writing your CV

by Oxford Dictionaries

A CV/résumé should be clear and well structured, with a limited number of main sections, so that an employer can pinpoint the information they’re looking for quickly and easily. Here are some broad guidelines on how to structure an effective CV/résumé.

 Personal details

Always begin with your personal details, i.e.:

  • name
  • address
  • telephone number (home and/or mobile)
  • email address (personal, rather than work)
  • personal profile

There’s no need to include your date of birth, your marital status, or your nationality unless the job advert has specifically asked you for this information.

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14
Aug

historic vs. historical

Oxford Dictionaries Grammar Rules

Historic and historical are used in slightly different ways.

Historic means ‘famous or important in history’, as in a historic occasion, whereas historical means ‘concerning history or historical events’, as in historical evidence; thus, a historic event is one that was very important, whereas a historical event is something that happened in the past.

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13
Aug

Rare Greek dialect alive in Turkey

greek_dialect_390_0501A Greek professor of linguistics at Cambridge University has been credited with identifying an endangered Greek dialect which is spoken in a remote mountainous region in northeastern Turkey and is believed to be a “linguistic gold mine” because of its close similarities to ancient Greek. The significance of the Romeyka dialect was highlighted by Dr Ioanna Sitaridou…

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13
Aug

Quiz: apostrophe challenge

Apostrophe challenge by Oxford Dictionaries

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12
Aug

Welsh theatre company launches translation app

SibrwdAn app to help theatre-goers follow plays in other languages is being launched by a theatre company in Wales.

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