Important news for beginning translators!

I've already shared this news on Facebook and Twitter, but I thought that I need to write about it here as well.

A couple months ago I accepted a position of a Russian country leader in the Sharp End Training Company. I love the vision of the company and I think it is a wonderful opportunity for me to do something really useful for my dear colleagues, freelance translators.

The first thing we did was a FREE webinar for beginning translators based on my blog post "5 business mistakes that beginning translators make and how to avoid them". Maybe you think that if you read the post you don't need to listen to the webinar. Well, this is of course your decision, I can't force you ;) But Jonathan Senior, the Sharp End Training founder, also shares some insights there based on his experience connected with leading a business, working with people and selling products (yes, as freelancers, we are all selling our skills, so we need to be good salespeople!). So I think that this webinar is a very good addition to the blog post.

It was my first time, so we decided not to make it live. It's recorded. But that doesn't mean that you can't share your ideas based on what you hear there. In fact, we created a special page where you can share your thoughts and experiences! And we would love to hear your opinion! Oh, and sorry for some minor technical issues there. Next time we'll do a lot better, I promise! And yes, we are working on more cool stuff for freelance translators.

You can access the free webinar if you go to the sharp-end-training.ru website. Besides, you can also look at the top of this blog and you will see the Sharp End Training Russia tab among the pages. It will also lead you to the webinar page. All you need is drop your email in the box there (don't worry; we will never share it with anybody! We hate spam!!!).

Happy listening and watching! And we hope to hear from you!

10 interesting facts about the Russian language

In my previous post I promised to follow with the interesting info about some other languages. So here are 10 facts about the Russian language which might be of interest to those who are studying it. If you would like to have this list in Russian, please contact me and I will send it to you by email. So, what do I find interesting about my native language? 1. Russian has about 500,000 words, but only 2,000-2,500 of them are used frequently. 100 most frequently used words make 20% of all written and oral speech. A high school graduate's vocabulary usually has 1,500 to 4,000 words. Those who have graduated from a higher educational institution normally have a richer vocabulary consisting of approximately 8,000 words. 2. It's compulsory for all astronauts in the international space station to learn Russian, so we can call it an international language of space :)

15 interesting facts about the English language

I prepared this list for one of my English classes. And then it dawned on me that I can share it with you, too! So here are 15 facts about the English language that I find very interesting. Hope you do, too ;) Rudyard Kipling was fired as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. His dismissal letter said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language. This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers." No language has more synonyms than English.

Translation Forum Russia 2017: my report

A few days ago I came back from Translation Forum Russia which took place in Ufa, Bashkortostan . My daughter Delia went with me because she never visited Ufa before (neither have I) and because of the trip to the Southern Ural mountains we planned to take after the conference with a small group of colleagues. Ufa is not considered one of the primary tourist attractions of Russia, though I am convinced now that it definitely should be. Some pictures of the city (not all of the pictures are mine, some were made by the official photographer of the conference Elena Ekaterininskaya, our company CEO Fedor Kondratovich and some other colleagues): The bee is a symbol of the region as Bashkortostan produces the best honey in Russia. We saw installations shown below in different parts of the city. There were still covered because of the cold weather, but they will be full of blooming flowers as soon as the warm weather comes. The bee as we saw it That's what it

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