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...

When I first took the plunge as a freelance translator, I made the decision to buy Trados Studio 2014 – a computer-assisted translation...

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...

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 reports from the ITI's Dictation for Translators workshop that focused on using automatic speech recognition software to...

Following on from an advert I heard on the radio over Christmas, I have volunteered as a Spare Chair Sunday host — a project being...

I have recently joined a new group on Facebook called Foodie Translators, which has been set up by another freelance translator Claire...

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...

The ELIA Together conference in Barcelona provided the perfect opportunity to get together as a group of Standing Outers to get to know...

On Thursday 11th and Friday, 12 February 2016, I attended the ELIA Together conference in Barcelona. It was the first time that this...

Translation can be a lonely profession, and it's very rare you get any feedback (unless the client was extremely unhappy with your...

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...

As well as being an ambassador for Inspiring the Future, I am an ambassador for Future First, a charity working to increase social...

To end my flurry of networking events, I headed back down to London last week to attend Surrey Translation Bureau's freelancer event. I...

On Saturday, November 7th, I attended the ITI East Midlands' Regional Group's CPD workshop in Nottingham. It was a very well in organised...

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...

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...

The Standing Out Facebook page is going from strength to strength, with membership growing on a daily basis. It's really exciting to be...

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...

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...