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Translation tips: How to improve your own translation

As well as language lessons, BLS offers a translation service.  We also encourage our students who are interested in translation as a career to have a go at it.  In this blog post, Suzannah, one of our translators, shares tips from her experience on how to translate texts effectively.  Suzannah...

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Career Advice: Am I a Potential Translator?

If you speak foreign languages (or if you are studying foreign languages), you might consider a career in translation.  This blog post outlines what it takes to become a translator and helps you decide whether this type of career is suited to your skills and personality.  It gives you tips...

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Interview with Translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Antonia Lloyd-Jones is a full-time translator of Polish literature, and a double winner of the Found in Translation award. She has translated several works by some of Poland’s leading contemporary novelists, including Paweł Huelle and Olga Tokarczuk. Her most recent publications include Kolyma Diaries, a travel book by Jacek Hugo-Bader...

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