If plain language is “so clear that the intended readers can easily find what they need, understand what they find, and use that information,” what’s problematic about that? => blog.editors.ca/plain-langua...

In my inbox today: a translation agency, based in a country with a high cost of living, offering translation services at a price of €0,05 per source word. Plus the translation includes proofreading by A SECOND TRANSLATOR (not sure why that's in all caps). How is that viable. #translation

Game of buzzword bingo, anyone? I've created a free jargon busting tool: https://f.mtr.cool/iuzztuztst Thank me later 😜

"We're on the same team".  Great panel session at #2025TEF: Translation as infrastructure: getting it right to safeguard trust, inclusion and impact, with speakers from Oxfam, Save the Children International and Tearfund.  Teamwork with translators and experts can prevent reputational damage.

Clear communication is not a luxury, it's a necessity. #2025TEF #ClearLanguage #PlainLanguage

Not using clear language has a financial cost. c/o Valeria DARÒ, Director, DG Translation. #2025TEF.

EU laws are not just made FOR people, they are made WITH people. And that's why clear language is so important.  1st Clear Language session at Translating Europe Forum this morning.  #2025TEF.

A fellow editor in the US shared this with me and it has brightened my day. Humanity at its best, in the face of the worst. Food drive at ETHS collects groceries for people impacted by SNAP freeze evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/03/e...

Spookily simple: why the simplest systems are the most effective ones in my freelance business... This may not be a popular opinion, but IMHO most freelancers don't need elaborate project management systems. 

Please consider signing this petition: automation is not a magic formula when people's lives are at stake. c.org/VGKkC8B8vK

It's Halloween this week, so just for fun I'm sharing scary typos I spot out in the real world.  This one should never have made it to the printers: 'The Symble of Reliability'. 👻 (Spotted on a roofing contractors van. So good they printed it on all their vans.)

Beautiful Barcelona - photos snapped during breaks at a conference last week. Couldn’t resist.

Divya Venn (via James Clear): "Being annoyed is the price you pay for community. It means having guests when you'd rather be alone. It means letting someone live with you even when they get on your nerves. It means showing up for events that you'd rather not go to. It means turning the other cheek".

Anyone else got a little bit too swept up in that back-to-school energy?  I'm starting this week with the sinking feeling that I've overcommitted. 🫨 It happens too often, I'm working on it.   #AmEditing #AmTranslating

These wildflowers near my home are brightening my days. Sharing so they can brighten yours, too 🪷 #summerfeeling

It's ATOMICON day! 💃 I can't wait to check out ATOMICON for the first time. Give me a wave if you're also a virtual attendee 👋 #ATOMICON25

I've created a FREE Global Readiness Checklist for anyone considering getting an English language document translated or edited. Download it here: www.philippahammond.net/s/Global-rea...

AI and work: some predictions, from Cal Newport calnewport.com/ai-and-work-...

Makes perfect sense to me: slator.com/denmark-says... #translation

Oh for the confidence I had in my 20s! When I thought I had everything sussed out. In my 40s, the more I learn, I'm acutely aware of all that I don't know. 🤔 Anyone else? #Midlife #AlwaysLearning

Small business owner? Join me at #ATOMICON25. You should see who they have on the line up it’s 🔥🔥🔥Click here to find out atomic.site?aap=839

Have you read Content DNA by John Espirian? It's not just another content marketing book. I'm a bit fatigued by those. I explain why in my book review: www.philippahammond.net/blog/content...

Bravo!

Want a free month of the Sunsama daily planner and organisation app? I love it and will tell anyone who'll listen 😆 sunsama.com/share?refId=...

These peace markers are dotted around the town where I live. All have messages of peace in different languages on each side. I always feel happy to see them, so this weekend I took a photo of the one closest to my home. #PeaceInNature #Languages

Anyone else find themselves making a character from a book out of a potato for World Book Day? Just me? Me and my daughter made this 'Dorothy' this week. I'm sure you'll agree the resemblance is uncanny.

Fascinating webinar 'Accessible language in an age of division' today, led by Charli Nordone of TheWriter. Clearly, efficiently making the point that accessible writing = saving time and saving money. #accessiblelanguage #accessiblewriting #clearwriting

For the love of... En dashes 💓 https://buff.ly/41eKNBc #ValentinesDay #Grammar #Punctuation #UKEnglish

What dark parallel universe are the tech bros dreaming up for themselves? Looks horrifying. www.praxisnation.com

Latest book for my February reading pile has arrived! Can’t wait to get stuck in, reading along with @taramqwhitaker and edi buddies in the Freelance Editors Club. #AmEditing

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Hah! Such a clever French pun. #langsky #LePenIstMort

This week I took part in a little 'Jolabokaflod'. Wow, it was hard to pick just one book! Mine was a fiction book, The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. Just a perfect book in every way. I need more book recommendations for 2025 - tell me yours! #2024inBooks

Fed up with 'enshittification'? Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip... #FreelanceHeroes #SmallBusiness #Wordoftheyear

But what if a first draft is not 'grunt work'? What if, instead, it's an important cognitive process? When I 'produce' a translation, my goal is always to get that first draft to be as polished as possible. It's not just 'this will do'. More thoughts here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

My personal highlights from the CIEP Conference 2024 www.philippahammond.net/blog/ciepcon... #CIEP2024 #Editing #LanguageExperts

Finally had enough and closed my X/Twitter account and moved over to the blue side.