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Back to work with a spring in my step
While the weather doesn't seem to have got the memo yet that spring is around the corner (yipee!), I am back at my desk with a spring in...

Ellen Worrell
Feb 27, 20171 min read
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Time to upgrade!
When I first took the plunge as a freelance translator, I made the decision to buy Trados Studio 2014 – a computer-assisted translation...

Ellen Worrell
Oct 15, 20161 min read
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The TWB Cookbook is live
As mentioned in one of my blog posts a few months ago, I submitted a recipe for inclusion in the Translators Without Borders Cookbook and...

Ellen Worrell
Aug 22, 20161 min read
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Stop press: Proposal submitted for next year's ITI Conference
A couple of months ago, the call for papers for next year's ITI Conference in Cardiff landed in my inbox. The title of next year's...

Ellen Worrell
Aug 9, 20161 min read
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ITI Bulletin article: Taming the Dragon
Ellen Worrell reports from the ITI's Dictation for Translators workshop that focused on using automatic speech recognition software to...

Ellen Worrell
Apr 18, 20164 min read
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Spare Chair Sunday
Following on from an advert I heard on the radio over Christmas, I have volunteered as a Spare Chair Sunday host — a project being...

Ellen Worrell
Mar 7, 20161 min read
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Foodie Translators
I have recently joined a new group on Facebook called Foodie Translators, which has been set up by another freelance translator Claire...

Ellen Worrell
Feb 29, 20161 min read
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Glee does Abbey Road Studios!
As some of you may have read on my "About me" page, I used to sing with my local Glee Club UK choir in Bracknell. I had a great time...

Ellen Worrell
Feb 22, 20162 min read
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Pre-ELIA Standing Out® dinner
The ELIA Together conference in Barcelona provided the perfect opportunity to get together as a group of Standing Outers to get to know...

Ellen Worrell
Feb 19, 20161 min read
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ELIA Together 2016 conference review
On Thursday 11th and Friday, 12 February 2016, I attended the ELIA Together conference in Barcelona. It was the first time that this...

Ellen Worrell
Feb 16, 20164 min read
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Feel-good feedback
Translation can be a lonely profession, and it's very rare you get any feedback (unless the client was extremely unhappy with your...

Ellen Worrell
Jan 11, 20161 min read
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New Year, New Adventures
On this beautifully sunny Friday – the last working day of the first working week of 2016 – I thought it was high time I wished you all a...

Ellen Worrell
Jan 8, 20162 min read
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Back to school for Future First
As well as being an ambassador for Inspiring the Future, I am an ambassador for Future First, a charity working to increase social...

Ellen Worrell
Nov 23, 20152 min read
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A trio of networking events: STB's freelancer event
To end my flurry of networking events, I headed back down to London last week to attend Surrey Translation Bureau's freelancer event. I...

Ellen Worrell
Nov 18, 20151 min read
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A trio of networking events: the ITI EMRG CPD workshop
On Saturday, November 7th, I attended the ITI East Midlands' Regional Group's CPD workshop in Nottingham. It was a very well in organised...

Ellen Worrell
Nov 16, 20153 min read
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A trio of networking events: the inaugural Standingoutaganza
On Saturday, October 10th, I had a wonderful fun- and food-filled day in London Town . It was a day that started relatively early – I...

Ellen Worrell
Nov 9, 20152 min read
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In memory of a former colleague
Yesterday afternoon I did battle with the M25 in the rain to attend the funeral of a former colleague. He was the office's technical guru...

Ellen Worrell
Oct 30, 20151 min read
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Standing Out branches out again!
The Standing Out Facebook page is going from strength to strength, with membership growing on a daily basis. It's really exciting to be...

Ellen Worrell
Oct 12, 20151 min read
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What's in a name?
My dad is always keen to recount the story of when he told his mum that her first granddaughter was to be called Ellen. She is said to...

Ellen Worrell
Sep 25, 20151 min read
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The Standing Out Exchange is here
I have been a member of the Standing Out group on Facebook for a few months now. While it is mostly aimed at freelance translators and...

Ellen Worrell
Sep 22, 20151 min read
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