Translator resources

Finally got around to posting this. I have been meaning to do so for a while, but then something always got in the way. Well, it’s available on my translation blog now.

New Web Column: Liberals are corrupt

Liberals are morally and politically corrupt:

Power-hungry opposition plans revolution over $1.95
(Also available at www.wernerpatels.com and www.wernerpatels.ca)

I really hate hypocrites

Warren Kinsella is suing Ezra Levant — this is a good thing.
Even more so as Ezra continues to defame Warren: his most recent posts all contain a reference to Warren being an “Adscammer” (i.e., a crook).
I have published an open letter to Ezra, and also posted it as a comment to his blog, but the [...]

Web Column: Is it really a crisis?

New Web Column:
The global crisis of the mind
Also available at www.wernerpatels.com and www.wernerpatels.ca

Levant is toast

Ha ha! Warren Kinsella is going to wipe the floor with Ezra Levant:
Sweet Jesus, am I ever going to take a chainsaw to someone’s pitiful existence – and a newish house in Calgary, too! A twofer!

Early New Year’s resolutions

I figured I’d get a little headstart on all those New Year’s resolutions, and so this afternoon I sat down and actually started working on them!
At university I took Japanese as part of my translation studies, but that was eons ago. I have not used it ever since, because some of those completely useless advisers [...]

Web Columns for you to read

Here are my latest Web Columns in case you haven’t read them yet:

Saving the world – how to do it right
Canadians need a viable alternative
Harper’s train wreck (*)
Section 13

As always, they’re also available at www.wernerpatels.com and www.wernerpatels.ca.
(*) With this particular Web Column, I have officially given up on Stephen Harper, the [...]

It’s been 30 years …

Hard to believe, but it’s already been thirty years since Dallas first went on the air (see reports here and here).
I’ll always have fond memories of the show, because I worked on the show for about 4 weeks while the show was shot on location in Europe. I acted as a translator for Mr. Hagman, [...]

Web Columns!

I’ve been remiss in my duties and neglected to alert you to my new Web Columns.
So here goes:

Fiscal conservatives, stand up and be counted
Jean Charest, the new mayor of Hérouxville
Free-speechers and their less-than-concealed bigotry
Politics is local

Of course, my Web Columns are also available at www.wernerpatels.ca and www.wernerpatels.com.
Enjoy!

See your site in different browsers

One would expect a lot of standardization by now, but unfortunately there are still so many different browsers and platforms out there that it’s impossible to design a site (or blog) that will look the same across all browser platforms.
It helps, therefore, to take a sneak peek at what your site looks like in different [...]