“ Efficace ”: What does it mean? Effective? Efficient? Efficacious? All of these things? What it the best way to translate it? Let's...

The word "enjeux" originally meant the sum you are willing to gamble in a game. This blog discusses how to translate it in a modern context.

How many translators does it take to screw in a light bulb? It depends on the context…. Translating " partage " as "sharing" might seem...

Tristan Harris, a former Google engineer who now advocates for ethical social media algorithms, coined the term “race to the bottom of...

There are subtle differences in how the word “performance” is used in French and English, which can be seen in the difference between the...

When former Minister of the Ecological Transition Nicolas Hulot presented his hydrogen roll-out plan for the energy transition on 1 June...

We need a moratorium on children’s use of social media. On 2 September 2021, French children born in 2010 started secondary school (or “...

After previously fretting about the perils of solidarity , it may seem somewhat alarmist or imprudent of me to now go after generosity,...

A light-hearted look at translators’ troubles with problematic prose. #translation #traduction

Today, I want to look at a word of business jargon that frequently crops up in discussions of organisational design: “transversal”.

Research suggests that 3 in 5 consumers worldwide want to learn more about where their food comes from and how it is made . Conscious of...

A personal look at my journey to stoicism and how I didn’t so much choose it but was inevitably drawn to it. I didn’t know my maternal...

“Solidarité” is one of those curious terms that – although it translates word-for-word into English – is just far more common in French.

Another look at false friends and misleading mates.

In this third instalment of my series on worrisome, wearying words I want to look at “ intervenant ”. Larousse provides the following...

The curious case of "animer”: A common word with a surprisingly elusive meaning.

Like any translator, I sometimes come across terms that make me hesitate between two (or more) potential interpretations.

"... not everyone has the time to cook two nutritionally balanced meals a day..."

The rentrée has caused me to reflect on the impact that the pandemic will have on the management of infectious diseases.

Most of our decisions and opinions are not the consequence of mature reflection and a cool cost-benefit analysis.