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The Dark Side of Positivity
We are all flawed. We all occasionally experience sadness, anger, jealousy, resentment, fear, envy…. It’s healthy to acknowledge these feelings and try to better ourselves from there. But if we start dismissing, denying or repressing these emotions by refusing to acknowledge their existence, they will become toxic.
Are You Cut Out to Be a Translator?
Your mental health is important too, so make time for socializing because what “working from anywhere” really translates into (pun intended) is you’ll be spending a lot of your time at home, alone. Being a translator requires a lot of independence and resilience.
How to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence and Achieve More at Work
By improving your EQ, you can become a more effective and successful leader and a better coworker, leveraging on the ability to communicate effectively, collaborate productively, and influence positively.
A high EQ can help you inspire, motivate, and empower others, as well as help you express yourself clearly, give and receive feedback effectively, resolve conflicts, and recognize achievements.
How AI can help humanity (and not destroy it)
It’s called artificial intelligence (AI) because it has the ability to do things that are typical of human intelligence, such as reasoning, learning, creativity and planning. AI is a technology that allows machines and computerized systems to perform tasks that would normally require human intervention, such as recognizing images, understanding natural language, playing chess, composing music and much more.
The struggles of being translator
To overcome these challenges, translators must be familiar with the meanings and usage of two-word verbs in both languages and use strategies like finding an equivalent verb or phrase or explaining the meaning in plain words. Again, avoid using literal translations that can sound unnatural or misleading in the target language.
7 ways AI can revolutionize communication and language learning
Communication and language are fundamental skills for humans, as they allow us to express our ideas, feelings, opinions and needs, and enable us to interact with others. We know communication isn’t always easy, especially when it involves different contexts such as different cultures and dialects. The same happens with language teaching and learning.
Human and machine translators
Human translators can also apply this contextual insight that AI lacks to deal with complex texts, such as legal documents or technical manuals. Humans can interpret ambiguous or idiomatic text by considering the wider context, resulting in a more accurate and faithful translation.
Micromanagers
Employees who are free to work on projects at their own pace, and follow their own work method, are more likely to be motivated and productive. Micromanaging can decrease productivity because it creates anxiety and stress in employees, even leading to burnout.
Machine Translation Post-Editing – Part 2
Without a keen eye, we can easily be led to believe at first glance that a sentence makes perfect sense, when in fact its structure is awkward, or it has a glaring translation error that wasn’t easy to detect in a light reading.