Ellen Worrell
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Oct 15, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Aug 22, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Aug 9, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Apr 18, 2016
- 4 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Mar 7, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Feb 29, 2016
- 1 min
Foodie Translators
I have recently joined a new group on Facebook called Foodie Translators, which has been set up by another freelance translator Claire...
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Ellen Worrell
- Feb 22, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Feb 19, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Feb 16, 2016
- 4 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jan 11, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jan 8, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Nov 23, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Nov 18, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Nov 16, 2015
- 3 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Nov 9, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Oct 30, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Oct 12, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Sep 25, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Ellen Worrell
- Sep 22, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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