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		<title>Benefits of Book Translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Benefits of Book Translation When you have written a book and want to reach a global audience, translating your novel from English to German is an effective way to make it available to German-speaking readers. Professional book translation services can make your book easily understood by a German audience, and a good translation can make your book stand out in the German market. Here are some of the benefits of book translation services for your novel: 1. Reach a larger audience: Book translation services can expand your reach to German readers, benefiting both authors and publishers. With the help of a professional translator, your book can be made available to a large audience, boosting sales and increasing readership. 2. Enhance cultural understanding: Translating your book into German gives readers a unique cultural experience. The translation services can help bring a story to life for readers, giving them a deeper understanding of the culture and customs of the country in which the story is set. 3. Improve accuracy: Professional book translation services can ensure that your book is accurately translated into German. Translators have an in-depth knowledge of the language, and they can ensure that your book is translated accurately and without any mistakes. This can help to avoid any misunderstandings or criticism from readers. 4. Increase exposure: Translating your book into German will increase its visibility in the German market. Translators have an extensive network of contacts and can help to promote your book to German media outlets and booksellers. This can help to create more awareness of your book and increase its chances of success. Book translation services are essential for authors and publishers who want to reach German readers. Translating your novel from English to German can increase its exposure and readership. With the help of a professional translator, you can ensure that your book is accurately translated and can reach a larger audience. If you want to make your book available to a German-speaking audience, then don&#8217;t hesitate and get in touch. or visit my new website Book Translation &#8211; Your Novel in German .]]></description>
		
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		<title>Words have Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Words have power &#8211; never underestimate what a good translator can do for you We have all been there. A small snippet of text needs to be translated and you simply pop it into one of the free available online translation systems. Nothing wrong with that and the results are okay-ish most of the time.   But what happens when, in a bid to save money, you translate complete websites with these online tools? Or even a book? Maybe your book is a best seller in your native language, you have brilliant reviews and now you want to discover other markets and languages. All of a sudden the reviews are anything but brilliant, the sales drop and you have no idea why. Until finally someone dares to tell you that the translation is horribly done and full of mistakes.   Oh, dear.   This was nothing you had expected. Unfortunately, it happens far more often we might know. Even if you tried one of these royalty-sharing platforms you are taking a risk. You might be lucky to find a translator who is really good, but you also might end up with a horrible translation and you will be stuck for it for the next years. This is really bad for business.     How to avoid frustration and bad translations?   It is actually quite simple: pay for a good translator. Do your research, get other native speakers to check on the translation if it is good or bad. Ask for a test translation, which should be a short paragraph or what you want to be translated.   And please, don&#8217;t expect anyone to work for peanuts. A translation is not just scribbling down some words. One has to find the style and tone of the author, the flow and the atmosphere as well. The reader should have a great reading experience.     Are you looking for a translator? You have come to the right place. If you want to e.g. get your book translated into German, then please get in touch using the contact form..]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moving into a new office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[These are exciting times indeed. Since I started my business in 2007 I was always working from home, sometimes under really miserable conditions, but you don&#8217;t really need much as a translator. It basically boils down to a computer or laptop, working internet and maybe a mobile phone. But now, for the first time in 13 years, I have a real office in a real building! Fairly soon I will also put up a sign above the shop window. There are still a few bits and bobs to be done, to be sorted etc. but most of the stuff is already here and set up. In fact, I am writing these lines from my new desk in my new office, ha! So, hopefully, my new office chair will arrive soon as the wooden chair is not exactly ideal &#8230; But all in good time, this is just the beginning!]]></description>
		
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		<title>What I am doing right now? Ach well &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t need to be mad to work here, but it might help &#8230; Seriously, where did this year go? I mean &#8230; woooosh .. and now it is already November and I feel as if I am still stuck in April or so. Help! Well, the main reason why I did not write much here: I was busy. And I mean, I was really, really busy. Here are the main reasons why &#8230; I translated another book for the wonderful Jill Barnett. It is not yet available, but I hope it will be published soon and then you can buy it on the usual publishing platforms. As always, I will announce it here on my page as well   * click me * &#8230; and another website The next project was a website I set up for WITGA. WITGA stands for Western Isles Tourguide Association, a group where I also worked for. This year I stopped the tour guiding as my health is not very good and I have so many other things on my plate to take care of.  Last year ended very sadly, as Joan, one of the founding members of WITGA and the main coordinator, and also a friend, got killed in a road accident on New Year&#8217;s Eve. At the beginning of this years, it was all hands on deck for the members and to get organised. The season was closing in and none of us had really a clue how to go on and where to start.  It was important, to get new customers in and offer an information platform, but there was also no website. So I offered my services to set up a good website. This was first and foremost to help my former colleagues and friend, but also the last gift to Joan for all the hard work she put into it. May she rest in peace. The website is now nearly done, only a few bits and bobs are missing. But she was ready to be launched just in time for a conference from Highland and Island Enterprises with regards to cruise ships and their impact on the Western Isles. And lo and behold, I got a lot of praise for it! I am chuffed to bits. If you want to know, what I did and also to find out more about WITGA, then please click here * click me * &#160; &#8230; and even more translations &#8230; In between, I had two more small translations, one for the Chamber of Commerce of the Highlands, the other one for a business that is about to launch their German website soon. &#160; &#8230; bookkeeping and even more website work &#8230; Oh yes, I still need to do my own bookkeeping for my tea store and of course maintain the website. Unfortunately, my current website does not always do what I want it to do. The system has made a massive jump to a new version which is highly complicated for poor old me. To work with it one has to know a lot about coding and I only have basic knowledge (&#8230; and no, I have no interest to learn that as well, thank you very much). After I tried in vain for several months I finally gave up. No use in flogging a dead horse. Instead, I decided to try a completely different system, a combination of WordPress and WooCommerce. I really hope that the new page will be online fairly soon. Then I will have happy customers and hopefully will be able to relax a bit more and have some time, because &#8230; &#160; &#8230; the best news is coming now &#8230; Around Christmas time I will become a Grannie for the first time and I am flipping excited !!!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blogging on an island in the wild, wild west</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blogging. Again! I have a confession to make. I have blogged before. But I think I was never really good at it. Why, you may ask. After all, it is just a blog and you are a writer, so, get going. Well, I think it has something to do with the fact that I am a bit passionate about things that are really close to my heart. And then, when I write about it, at one point, I am getting carried away very often. That can be a good thing to blog or write everything what is on your chest, but it can also horribly backfire and I still feel the burn&#8230; The other thing is, what am I going to blog about on my &#8220;work&#8221; page? Or blogging about books&#8230; how very creative for a translator&#8230;not! I could write about Scotland and the Outer Hebrides, but this is not a travel blog and I think others can do so much better. Or I could blog about music &#8230; and bore you to death. Probably. Unless you are a folk musician. Hm&#8230;. To be fairly honest, I always found this professional work blogging extremely boring. Seriously, I very often cannot be bothered to continue reading. But, if I keep on blogging about what I am writing or translating, you would know that I am actually doing something and not just sit here twiddling my thumbs. Hm&#8230;. again, I know&#8230;. &#8230; I think I will blog whatever will cross my mind, what is important to me right at that minute when I am writing it. But I promise, there won&#8217;t be anything about politics, cross my heart. Seriously, I will keep that to myself 🙂 . Might be better! But there are also enough other subjects to write about and right now, something is on my fingertips, I think I feel the next blog post coming on. That was quick!]]></description>
		
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