fb.watch/bt-dJT-_Au/ Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to all my fellow Welsh folk! This video is 20 minutes but well worth it, whether you're still in Wales or, like me, elsewhere but keenly feeling the hiraeth on #StDavidsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay, some of my favourite pics of women being badasses. First up, Saffiyah Khan.

Whoever did the English subtitles for this, bravo!! Absolutely fantastic translation, I'm more than a bit jealous of your skills ☺️👏👏👏 netflix.com/gb/title/81208…

I'm not Irish, but this little stunner is! So Happy St. Patrick's Day from Cricket!

One of my most random words to have used in a translation today (setting aside all the bonkers chemical names I deal with on the daily): GNU. Yes the animal, yes in a chemical patent :-D

Today's word of the day: "unbeknownst". Really having an excellent Week of Words this week! #xl8 #translatorlife #interestingwords #notwhatyouexpectinapatent

Days with a fair amount of work, but no actual deadlines, are what makes freelancing worth it... Get up when you want, work when you want, go and vote when you want...Truly feeling I am my own boss today! #freelancing #xl8 #BeYourOwnBoss #GetTheToriesOut

How to tell if you've got an urgent deadline today: turn your computer on. If it needs extensive updates that take at least an hour, you've definitely got an important deadline!! #sodslaw #turnitoffandonagain #freelancelife #xl8

How to tell if you've got urgent deadlines (yes plural today), part II: a blackbird starts building a nest in your garden, just visible to the left of your screen. Not at all distracting!! #deadlines #freelancelife #natureisawesome #natureisdistracting #xl8

On train 1, ready and raring to get to #ITIconf22! Can't wait to get there 🤓

Finished today's work, now time for some BDs! Inspired by Georgina Collins' article in March/April ITI Bulletin about 1949 library in Abidjan, I ordered Commissaire Kouamé. And I've been waiting with baited breath for the latest @RiadSattouf's Cahiers d'Ester! #cpd #bd #français

Just reading the latest issue of @FreelancerMagz on my coffee break and saw this great pic by @inkypix4u. Shout out to co-working with fellow @NWTN_UK members for saving my sanity and making me feel part of a community! Who's coming on 27th Sept to Oppidan Social?

Hugely grateful to O2 for adding a mast somewhere local meaning I've got 5G at home finally! Phone tethering saves this translator's day 👍 No thanks at all to Virgin Media ❤️ for the lack of any usable broadband all day 😭 "We're unable to check your connection" don't cut it!

The end of a tough day of hardcore translating! #whereiwork #ilovemyjob #translation #xl8

A propos of nothing in particular, I just discovered that Liverpool fans have an LGBTQ+ fan group called The Kop Outs. What a BRILLIANTLY clever name! ❤️

Struggling to meet a deadline? TELL YOUR CLIENT! They might have some wiggle room (which is thankfully what happened to me last night), and if you don't ask you certainly don't get! I've gone from hugely stressed to knowing there are enough hours to get everything done :-) #xl8

It's little old me :-) Thanks @NWTN_UK for the #membermonday shout-out and for being the best regional network a freelancer could wish for! #translation #xl8 #networking

Aaaah, 'tis the season! No, not Christmas (it's not December), but that good old time when HMRC start getting *really* needy and mail you multiple times each week. Would doing my tax return stop this? No! So I'm going to leave it until the last minute as usual 🤣

Been translating patents for 9 years now, and just witnessed my first ever "les invenTRICES"!! ❤️❤️

I wish there was a way to thank all the people out there writing step-by-step instructions on how to fix computer issues! They are this freelancer's IT department and I love them all 😍 #computertroubles #turnitoffandonagain #freelancelife