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For people who aren’t involved in translation, it is often unclear what distinguishes one translation agency from another. After all, they all do the same thing, i.e., translations. At times, however, they may have less in common than a dentist and a cosmetologist. No one asks a masseuse to fill a tooth or a veterinarian […]

Mozilla Thunderbird is not able to use Microsoft Word spelling engine, but checking spelling still is possible. Many of us use Mozilla Thunderbird for emails. It is an ancient but powerful free email client. Spelling errors in emails you send look ugly. So you should know how to check spelling in Thunderbird.  First, you need to prepare your Thunderbird so it can […]

After having become an ELIA member in 2015, Technolex has attended the events organized by the association regularly. Such ELIA’s events attract not only its members but also all those interested in business development in the language industry. To the newcomers, the association resembles a family with its traditions and culture, being a part of […]

Oleg retired from the Housing DepartmentBecause he was tired of unclogging blocked drains.He wanted the money without having to strain,So he became a translator. When you speak to someone who’s not into publishing industry it is sometimes difficult to explain how much nuance is required to produce a well-published text. Over the many years that […]

Relax! When translators are going crazy with the amount of work and tight deadlines, they want to relax. One of the mainstream CATs (memoQ, of course) has a special tool for this. Even two tools! The first one: put on your headset and go to memoQ > Options > Go Zen: You will obviously know Zen. The second thing (if […]

The Association of Translation Companies (ATC), one of the oldest professional groups representing the interests of translation companies in the world, was founded in 1976. Because the ATC’s reputation is extremely important, it established strict criteria for members, and they have lived up to that reputation year after year. This year’s ATC Conference 2017 will […]

You can check spelling check is in Excel via the standard Microsoft Office engine. Unfortunately, it is impossible to check spelling in Excel like we do this in Word, where misspelled words are underlined with red (if you know the way, please tell us). Excel was initially designed mostly for numbers, and hence, spelling is not its strong point. Nevertheless, […]

Sometimes copying in Excel can be done in one command. In Excel, you sometimes need to copy the contents of the upper cell to the cell where the cursor is. This operation consists of four simple steps:  But when you need to do it many times, the operation becomes quite tedious. The solution is very easy: use the shortcut CTRL+D. The contents of […]

The most convenient way to convert Wordfast TM to TMX format involves Xbench. A Wordfast TM file has .txt extension. It is a usual .txt file delimited with tabs specially. There are several ways to convert it to TMX format that allows TM exchange between other CAT tools. The easiest and quickest way involves Xbench (either free or […]

Word easily converts a table into text. The main “problem” with this operation is not to perform the converting itself, but to find when the necessary button is 🙂 1. Select the table you want to convert into text or place the text cursor into any of its cells. On the ribbon, the Layout menu appears. […]