http://www.yeasir.com/blog Web Localization, i18n, Web 2.0, Culture, Translation 2.0, New Media and New Tech.... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:57:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many translators would agree that academic curiosity and a willingness to learn new things are vital assets in the highly competitive translation market. While marketing skills and linguistic knowledge are essential for a successful career in freelance translation, translators must also know how to research new terms and understand what ... http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/08/online-encyclopaedias/ Hello John, I just received from you a second comment with exactly the same content of a message you left a couple of days ago. As you do seem to have a habit of leaving comments on irrelevant posts and, at the same time, ignoring my reply to your comment, I ... http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/07/to-john-from-transhorsacomorg/ Many translators would agree that living in the country where your source language is spoken is the best way to build upon your existing language skills and give your translation career a certain credibility. It's hard to disagree with this view. Immersing yourself in the local language and culture is ... http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/06/how-to-keep-up-with-the-times/ FireFox now displays a warning (see picture on the left, click to see large image) when you are tricked to click on some of the 'Pics for MSN Friends' phishing site URLs created by the so-called 'TST Management Inc.' At the time of writing, a new URL emerged and, according to ... http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/06/firefox-warns-msn-phishing/ I stayed up late last night and was up early this morning. But it didn't help with my WordPress blog's '404 Not Found' problem. Actually it happened yesterday afternoon when I installed a plug-in that tampered with my .htaccess file. The install document was so badly written in some sort of ... http://www.yeasir.com/blog/2008/06/wordpress-404-not-found-problem/