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By Debbie Garrick
Debbie Garrick takes us inside the varied, evolving and growing field of cosmetics and skincare translation
The cosmetics industry is worth billions worldwide. Germany, the UK and France are the biggest consumers of cosmetics and personal care items in Europe,1 and with €79.8 billion in retail sales in 2019, Europe is the largest cosmetics market in the world....
Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, UK NARIC has changed from a NARIC (which is an EU-only title) to an ENIC (the wider European title for national recognition agencies) in order to meet the UK's continuing treaty obligations under the Lisbon Recognition Convention. Therefore, since 1 March 2021, UK NARIC has become UK ENIC, managed by ECCTIS Limited.
Behind...
The most effective mentoring conversations need to focus on setting and achieving goals, exploring issues and making informed decisions. Just asking a mentor for “any help you can give” is unlikely to lead to a productive mentoring relationship. The relationship needs to have a focus and a purpose to work towards. Goals don’t necessarily need to be big ambitions; they just need to be...
By James Thorogood
Is Trados Studio for life? What if I buy a new laptop, would I be able to use it there too or would I have to re-buy it?
When you purchase Trados Studio, you have the choice between purchasing a perpetual licence or subscription.
Purchasing a perpetual licence of Trados Studio gives you a downloadable desktop application that is yours to keep, however...
By Lucy Makepeace
Lucy Makepeace travels to the West African nation to help improve the way Ewe-speaking pupils are taught French
When I went to Senegal on a humanitarian mission in 2018, the level of poverty among the street children and communities I worked with was heartbreaking but sadly not unexpected. What really shocked me was that citizens were expected to speak French...
What Andrew Wong learnt from a unique project to translate (in relay) a children’s book based on a political speech
Former Uruguay president José Mujica is known as the world’s poorest president because he donated almost 90% of his salary to the poor. Elected to the country’s top office in 2010, the staunch leftist was a former Tupamaros guerrilla who was imprisoned for about 14 years...
Bridget Kendall tells CIOL CEO John Worne why her career as a BBC reporter would not have been possible without Russian
Bridget Kendall is perhaps best known as BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, working for both its radio and television networks. She joined the broadcaster in 1983 as a radio production trainee for the BBC World Service and in 1989 became its Moscow Correspondent....
By Tess Pike
A career using languages, requiring good organisational and people management skills
At school my careers adviser listened to me tell her how much I loved languages and that all I wanted from a job was to speak German. I thought I was shy, because, as the youngest of five, I never managed to get a word in edgeways at home, so for many years I followed her advice and...
According to a 2019 survey by Pearson Business School, nearly a fifth of graduates were found to be not “workplace-ready”.
Just 13% of the 531 employers and HR leaders who took part in the research felt that graduates were ready to hit the ground running after university.
48% of the surveyed employers and HR managers said that graduates lacked leadership skills, 44% felt...
In this article, our CIOL Corporate Partner Louise Killeen Translations (LKT) show how they help early career translators either become staff or develop their skills to become successful freelance translators.
On our website and in published articles, we’ve talked extensively about our unique Translator Academy model and how we use it to transform our new recruits into fully...