Ellen Worrell
Is "moister" a word?
Earlier today, a colleague asked if "moister" is a word. I was suffering from Monday-morning brain at the time, so turned to my trusty...
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Ellen Worrell
- Sep 16, 2015
- 1 min
My best foot forward
In a bid to combat my very sedentary job, I decided to purchase a Fitbit a couple of months ago. I didn't invest in an über-fancy one; it...
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Ellen Worrell
- Sep 9, 2015
- 1 min
Ringing in the birthday changes
Today, I have taken another step towards the big 3-0 and decided it was time to make 3 pretty important changes: 1. Get a proper email...
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Ellen Worrell
- Aug 31, 2015
- 4 min
The Seven Spheres of Life
As mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I have been attending a series of webinars led by Andrew Morris, entitled "The Holistic...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jul 20, 2015
- 1 min
Paris: An endless resource of funny translations!
I was in Paris a few weeks ago for a girly weekend with a good friend of mine. We are both linguists and enjoyed several translations...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jul 13, 2015
- 5 min
Why am I a translator?
I am currently attending a series of 12 webinars called "The Holistic Translator" that are being led by Andrew Morris. The webinars are...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jul 6, 2015
- 3 min
Translating and Interpreting - what's the difference?
Interpreting and translation are two closely related linguistic disciplines. Yet, they are rarely performed by the same people. The...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jun 5, 2015
- 1 min
Unkeyboardinated
Unkeyboardinated (adj.) When you cannot type without constantly mistyping. How very apt today.
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Ellen Worrell
- Jun 1, 2015
- 1 min
Infix - my PDF saviour
While at the ITI Conference in April, I spotted a talk on the little-known software "Infix". This miraculous little tool is able to...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 25, 2015
- 2 min
Inspiring the Future: Career speed dating
As part of National Careers Week, a local secondary school had organised a speed-dating-style event and invited me to take part through...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 18, 2015
- 2 min
Inspiring the Future: Mock interviews
As part of my volunteer work for Inspiring the Future, I was recently invited to attend a careers event at a local sixth form college to...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 16, 2015
- 1 min
Aristotle was always full of wise words
Many of my tutees are in the midst of their exams, and struggling to cope with the pressure and stress under which they are putting...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 15, 2015
- 1 min
Translators are a waste of space
Have no fear, I've not suddenly become anti-translation over night! Just a little bit of fun for a Friday afternoon :-) Written and...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 11, 2015
- 1 min
Future First
Continuing my theme from last week's blog post, I want to talk about another charity initiative that I have become involved in over the...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 4, 2015
- 1 min
Inspiring the Future
I'm not the world's most consistent Twitter user, mainly using it to follow my beloved Surrey Storm when they are on the road playing...
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Ellen Worrell
- May 1, 2015
- 1 min
I love the teecher
As much as the bad spelling grates, I had to share a lovely comment from one of my students. It was my first week back teaching after...
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Ellen Worrell
- Apr 27, 2015
- 2 min
Review: ITI Conference 2015
I'm currently on the train home from the ITI conference in Newcastle and I thought it was probably high time I wrote my next blog. This...
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Ellen Worrell
- Jan 30, 2015
- 1 min
Welcome to my website!
Thank you for visiting my new website! I will be regularly posting blog posts about all sorts of things, not necessarily...
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