Over at Bad Language, you can now download Matthew Stibbe’s new e-book on business writing. It is set up as a 30-day course with step-by-step tips on how to approach and improve your business writing. I’m very excited about this — so excited in fact that I have decided to kill a few trees and [...]

The mere thought of a corporate mission statement coming across my desk for translation is enough to make me cringe. This month’s issue of Fast Company (Nancy Lublin’s « Do something » column) talks about why most mission statements are « dumb » and what can be done about it. According to Lublin, it all comes down to having [...]

« Using translators/interpreters » is a key factor in export performance for SMEs according to the ELAN [Effects on the European Economy of Shortages of Foreign Language Skills in Enterprise] survey. The survey highlights an alarming amount of lost business due to poor language skills: The survey of SMEs found that a significant amount of business is [...]