Welcome back, translator in the trenches, Last Thursday, during my live webclass, someone asked a series of sharp questions that cut right to the heart of what it means to be a translator in 2025. [...]
Dear translator juggling clients, style guides, and AI that forgets stuff, There’s a common mistake many translators make once they’ve got their hands on good AI tools. They try to do too much with a [...]
This is a public service announcement. A schism has opened. A rebellion. An act of heresy. Yes, Dave — that Dave — has posted an article in AI4LanguageProfessionals suggesting a “better” way to execute the GAIT workflow [...]
Hey translators, This one’s been coming up a lot lately, so let’s clear it up once and for all. Do you need a CAT tool to use CotranslatorAI? Nope. CotranslatorAI isn’t a CAT tool. You [...]
Hello again, fellow translator, If you’ve felt discouraged by the quality of projects landing in your inbox lately, you’re not imagining it. More and more translators are getting stuck with MTPE jobs... lower rates, higher [...]
Hello to the translators who want to keep winning in a market that’s changing faster than they’d like to admit. This week I exchanged emails with a medical translator in Greece. Eighteen years in the [...]
Hi Steven, GPT-5 has arrived. And the reaction? Let’s just say… it’s more of a polite golf clap than a standing ovation. Sure, the AI world lit up with the usual launch buzz. But in [...]
Have you ever found yourself spending extra time fixing straight quotes in your translations, just to get them looking right in Word or your CAT tool? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Recently, a [...]
It's no shock that the Big LSPs, MT providers, and CAT tool makers are pushing for automation in translation. AI has given them the tools to do this, and they're finding ways to minimize [...]
A few years ago, while translating my PhD dissertation, I discovered a method that completely changed how I use AI in my translation work. It’s called anchor prompting, and it’s the foundation for getting [...]
