Visual dictionary

Love overwhelmed me today as I was working on a very technical translation...love not only for my job, but also for this extremely precious tool: the Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary. It is just perfect for you, technical translator who is going crazy, spending hours to understand what that specific term refers to and also for you interpreter, who is preparing for an assignment. Unless you are an engineer or a scientist, some words may have no sense to your eyes. Seeing things rather than learning plain words is way more effective.
And searching for pictures on Google might not proof enough sometimes...and there it is: the visual dictionary. Of course there is a hard copy version - but the online one is very handy!

Set a language to your keyboard

Being a former student of Greek language, the most frequent question I was asked is: how can you write Greek  on your computer? Easy!Adding a new language to your keybord toolbar...
As quick as a wink! :)
Follow the steps below.

1. Open the Control Panel

2. From the right column of the opened window, go to International settings and time. Then select Change keyboards or other input methods.  

3. View the tab named Keyboards and languages and click on Change keyboards 

The spellchecker

First post in English and of 2012!!

It's about a very useful tool I'm using more and more, the spellchecker.

The name speaks for itself...what's the point of spellchecking? surely when you write emails in half an hour, translate thousands of words a day or write a document at work, you can proofread them dozens of times, yet there will be something dodging your glance or, in the worst case you won't even hav time to proofcheck properly. But... that little tiny typo could even compromise your career...