lloyd translates: Articles

Interviews

Alessandra Vita
How to find an in-house job - 17 February 2014
In Touch Translations
International Translation Day interview - 20 September 2013
Sara Colombo Translations
Balance Your Words with...Lloyd Bingham - 27 August 2013

Feature Series

Do we respect our own languages?

Do we respect our own languages? is a series that I initially wrote as guest posts for the Greek translation company, Lingua Greca. This series focuses on the views of speakers - linguists or not - regarding their native language. Can one be proud to speak a certain language?

Des Aventures Toulousaines

From September 2009 until June 2010, I spent the best year of my life working as an English language assistant in Toulouse, France. Here's what I got up to inside and outside of the classroom, broken down into eight parts published as weekly blog posts between April and June 2012:

Mastering without a Master's
Six experienced freelance translators tell me about why they did or did not decide to study for a Master’s and how it shaped their career. Part One looks at whether those who did study for a Master’s feel they are better for having one, and Part Two examines if those without a postgraduate qualification feel complete without one

Aventuras Alicantinas
I spent August-September 2010 on a Spanish language course in Alicante, Spain. Lessons took up five hours of each weekday, but what else was there do to in this coastal metropolis? Here's what I got up to, broken down into five parts published as weekly blog posts between September and October 2012: