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Translators want to win direct customers for a number of reasons. Not only does working with direct customers often come with better remuneration, a translator can often expect more appreciation and a heightened sense of importance and satisfaction with their work. Nº 1 – Translators are not sales people. Not everyone can sell. Almost all […]

”Some of the most common mistakes that translators make during the early stages of their businesses. I know that I have committed some of these mistakes. The important thing is to recognize that each of these errors is part of a learning curve, and as soon as you become aware of one, simply take action […]

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the relation between science and politics is now at the center of the world stage. The novel coronavirus offers up a powerful and extremely clear lesson about the appropriate role of science in helping to guide us toward a better future—a lesson that sharply contradicts standard thinking about science and […]

People are rarely who they seem to be. Lurking beneath their polite, affable exterior is inevitably a dark, shadow side consisting of the insecurities and the aggressive, selfish impulses they repress and carefully conceal from public view. This dark side leaks out in behavior that will baffle and harm us. We should learn to recognize […]

Tip 1: Never confuse the portuguese verb (haver )”to have” with the portuguese expression (a ver) “to see“. Remember, the one has nothing to do with the other! Tip 2: Be careful not to confuse the ending of portuguese past tense verbs with the ending of conjugated verbs in the future of the callsign: “Staff […]

When we evaluate a dish, if it is without salt, you usually say: “This dish is without taste! Is it… tasteless or in Portuguese … insoço, insosso, insonso, insonço, ensosso, ensoço or insonsso? This is one of the doubts that can arise in our daily lives. It is important to clarify the doubts of Portuguese […]