- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
Kick-start your career as a translator: Your questions answered
[Originally posted on the Chartered Institute of Linguists' Blog] At the CIOL Conference in March, Vasiliki Prestidge gave a presentation...
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
Social Media for for freelancers: how to build your brand and attract new clients
I am very happy to announce that on 12 August 2021 I will be running Social media: learn, practice, implement; a full day workshop for...
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Vasiliki Prestidge hosts Dr Jessica Coon, consultant linguist on sci-fi film Arrival, for CIOL BPG
If aliens arrived, could we communicate with them? How would we do it? What are the tools linguists use to decipher unknown languages?
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
2019 reflections
And so this is it. Just like that, today is the last day of 2019. When did this happen? Does time fly only for me, or are we all experiencin
- Jun 1, 2018
- 4 min
My linguistic journey
Whether you've come through my About page or you're simply browsing my blog, welcome to my journey with languages. Previously, part
- Jan 25, 2018
- 4 min
What does it mean to be a linguist?
How many languages do you speak? Are you a button? Yes, I’ve heard it all and I can tell you this: if you want to make a linguist angry, jus
- Nov 29, 2017
- 3 min
Interview Series: 11. John O’Shea — Jurtrans
John and I met at the first Conference for Translation and Interpreting Professionals in Athens, Greece, earlier this year. He was at the ti
- Oct 31, 2017
- 5 min
Interview Series: 10. Maria Pia Montoro
Hi everyone! My ever-growing business responsibilities, three visits to Greece within the same month, a few conferences, plus post-holidays
- Aug 23, 2017
- 3 min
Interview Series: 8. Rosalind Harvey
Hi, everyone! The Interview Series are back this month with a literary translator. She translates from contemporary Latin American fiction,
