Hace unos días tuve la maravillosa experiencia de hablar con la Sra. Elena Poniatowska por escasos cinco minutos. Aunque pocos, fueron momentos que tendré siempre presentes. Esto fue posible gracias a que Elena fue homenajeada durante el 38 Simposio de Literatura Hispánica, el cual se llevó a cabo en la California State University Dominguez Hills […]
No matter how knowledgeable we may think we are, there’s always the possibility of mishaps during conference interpreting. A few months ago, I interpreted for a very small group of Spanish speakers at an expo. The conferences were offered by the Disney Institute, and addressed leadership, customer service, staff management, brand loyalty, and business excellence. […]
Continued from DIY for Translators: Creating your Own Website Part I posted on January 15, 2012 SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Much has been said on the Internet about how to position a webpage for a higher rank on a results page. Google, for instance, has its own rules for directory inclusion (Google Places for business), […]
Many people have asked me about the easiest way to create a promotional website, as opposed to an eCommerce website, to precisely promote their products or services. I would say that the most effortless way to establish a web presence is going to Google (the most popular search engine) and type in “website designers.” Of course, […]
Note: This post was originally published on the Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association’s newsletter “e-NITA” and is being republished in my blog. You may find the original in this link: http://www.nitaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/e-NITA-Newsletter-Fall-2011_final.pdf Given my accounting and finance background as well as my focus on legal translation and interpreting, you might think it crazy for me to go […]
En el marco de la Feria del Libro en Español “LéaLA”, que se celebra cada año en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, tuve la oportunidad de charlar con la Sra. Mónica Lavín, prolífica escritora, cuentista, ensayista y profesora mexicana. Durante la Feria LéaLA, Mónica presentó su libro “Las rebeldes”, una novela de ficción que cuenta […]