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Individuals who are prone to procrastinating may struggle to organise their time sufficiently well to carve out a successful freelance career. However, even the most organised and efficient individual can sometimes fall prey to certain productivity killers.

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Dr Seuss�'s quotes aren�'t just for the young. Here we present ten of his most inspiring quotes that, if kept in mind, will help to make you a better translator.

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Are some languages actually spoken faster than others, or do they just sound that way to those who don�'t understand them?

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With freelance translators spending so much of their day sitting, ensuring your chair is suitable for translating is essential, so here we examine five ways in which you can ensure your chair is working with you rather than against you.

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This 4th of July, US citizens will be celebrating Independence Day across the country. Here at Tomedes, our team of professional freelance translators will also be celebrating their independence �' from the 9-5 mindset!

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You can spend hours working on a document and have the �'perfect�' translation in front of you, having read through it multiple times in order to check it. Yet within ten minutes of you sending it to the client, he�'s on the phone querying a mistake on the first page.

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Languages are constantly evolving and are fascinating to linguists such as professional translators thanks to their mixture of commonly used words and those rarer gems that only make it into sentences from time to time.

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We previously examined 10 things that make translators want to scream, examining a range of linguistic and work-related frustrations and we felt it was only right to present tips for how to deal with them.

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Working as a professional translator is generally a rewarding and fulfilling career, but as with any job there can be moments when work becomes frustrating.

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As a language develops, words and phrases turn into colloquialisms unique to that language, giving it a character all of its own. These colloquial phrases vary from language to language and can be a fascinating area of study for professional translators.