Both translation companies and individual translators have often had to deal with potential clients pushing for a quick delivery, using various arguments, ranging from “how long can it take, it’s only three pages”, to “I would do it myself in a couple of hours, but I’m swamped with other stuff…” So how long does a…
We are happy to be in France, at the SOCOTEC headquarters, the global leader in providing consulting, training and certification services for the construction, infrastructure and industrial sectors. Podium provided interpreting services in the framework of the SOCOTEC training workshop for Greek personnel intended to work in French nuclear power plants. This highly demanding workshop…
This idiom is used to say that because one good thing has happened, it is not, therefore, certain that a situation is going to improve. The initial saying, taken from one of Aesop’s fables, is “One swallow does not make a spring” (μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ), with the swallow sometimes replaced by a cuckoo.…
Imagine this: you are invited to a meal, and there are two options for the main course. The first is the host’s grandmother’s meatballs, a dish that ignites a sense of nostalgia and warmth in most of our imaginations; or a plate of meatballs prepared by the most advanced culinary robot, which, besides following each…