Month: February 2018

In undergrad, I minored in political science. My senior year I had a political theory class, and every week the professor expected a two-page critical response to the assigned reading. It was dense stuff, from Plato to Emma Goldman, and a lot of my classmates were tearing their hair out every week trying to complete the reading and then write an intelligent response to it. I didn’t want to spend more time on this assignment than I had to, so I came up with a system, which I’m sharing with you.

Iris’s 6-Step Guide to Writing Short Papers

1. While reading, write down (or copy and paste into a document) quotes that jump out at you for any reason. Include page numbers.
2. When you’re done with your reading, look through the quotes you’ve written down.
3. Identify the general theme among the quotes you’ve selected. Read more

Cloud-based translation management systems (TMSs) have many of the same advantages and disadvantages as other cloud-based services, with industry-specific additions. Cloud-based TMSs require far less storage space on individual machines, outsourcing the storage capacity to the cloud. They are accessible from any computer anywhere in the world, and translators and editors can be sure that they are accessing the most up-to-date version of the document and other resources, like databases and translation memory (TM).

So, should your business use a cloud-based TMS?

If you’re looking for a flexible, scalable system where you only pay for what you use, AND your translators and editors have strong, reliable internet connections, the answer is yes.

However, if your translators are accustomed to traditional, high-powered centralized TMSs like SDL Trados and your company works with highly sensitive data, switching to a cloud-based system can actually reduce productivity, as well as putting your and your clients’ data at risk.

That’s the short answer. Let’s dig deeper.

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