Today, a colleague posted a story about an agency that applies a discount grid to editing jobs. Not only does that show that some agencies really don't have a clue what translation is about and all they care about is profits at the expense of their translators, they also make my job far too easy. I don't even have to come up with absurd jokes myself anymore.
#xl8 #translation #cartoon #discounts #clientsfromhell

Happy International Translators' Day!
For me, it's a day to celebrate a (partial) career change: I have been teaching translation as a hobby for a few years now, but starting next week, I'll be a full-time lecturer in translation. Absolutely looking forward to helping form the next generation of translators!
I will not be giving up freelancing entirely, but I'll have to put it on the back burner. But on the bright side (The Killers' birthday reference, anyone?), I do hope to finally have time to draw more than in the past few months...

If you thought ChatGPT couldn't benefit freelance translators, think again!

#xl8 #chatgpt #openai #AI #translators #freelancelife

Boys and their toys... Testing a new tool to start drawing digitally instead of on paper. Same drawing as the last cartoon I posted, but a different style. Still testing and exploring the possibilities, but feel free to comment.