Top 100 Language Blogs – Nominated blogs for Language Professionals
May 12th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: Language Blog Toplist
From all the great nominations we have received from Lexiophiles readers and bab.la users, we have compiled a list of 100 Language Blogs in the category Language Professionals. These blogs represent a great cross-section of experiences, written people all over the world. We hope you enjoy reading and also learning from them!
Nominations are over so take a look through the nominated list, choose your favorite blogs and vote for them here. You can vote for one blog per category. There are blogs in several languages, such as English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, French and Italian.
(Not Just) Another Translator - About professional translations (English & Italian to French Translations). (English/French)
Schplock - German studies student blogs about languages and linguistics. (German)
A Arte da Tradução - Translation in Portuguese. (Portuguese)
About Translation - Information, news and opinions about professional translation. (English)
Ad maiorem interpret(ation)is gloriam - On the art of translation - a blog by a medical interpreter (Polish)
Algo más que traducir - Personal page of a translator with lots of resources. (Spanish)
An A-Z on ELT - Articles relating to existing entries, or with a view to creating new entries from the book "An A-Z of ELT" – an encyclopedia-dictionary of terminology relating to English language and English language teaching. (English)
Ana Scatena - A professional translator writes about language and teaching. (Portuguese)
Anthro-Ling - Devoted to Anthropology, Archaeology, Language and Linguistics, Culture. (English)
Anyword - French Blog on Translation. (French)
Applied Language - High Quality Language Solutions, delivered on time …with a smile! (English)
ArabLing - Arabic Linguistics. (German)
ATAA - The Blog of 'Ata , it is the latest industry news of audiovisual translation, association, words of translators on their jobs, their small pleasures and their rants. (English)
Atominium the art of translation - Hints on Translations & Translators & Culture & CAT & IT & Technology (Polish)
ATR Blog - It contains over 250 posts: news, events articles, recommendations in Romanian and several other languages, as well as surveys, quotations for translators, interpreters and other language professionals. (Romanian)
Begona Martínez - Transtlation and interpretation in Spanish. (Spanish)
Beyond Words - Beyond Words is ALTA Language Services' blog, wherein ALTA's language professionals comment on issues involving translation, interpreting, language testing, and the intersection of language with current events. Beyond Words aims to be a fun resource for language lovers and professionals. (English)
Blog de Traducción: Trusted Translations - Aquí encontrará consejos, recomendaciones y todo tipo de información, tanto para traductores como para compradores de traducciones mediante artículos redactados por todos los que participamos en la apasionante actividad de la traducción profesional. (Spanish)
Blog on translation - Blog on translation. (English)
Blogging Translator - Translation and Linguistics. A blog covering general topics on translation. (English)
Blogging with Swedish Translation Services - Swedish Translation Services is a company owned by Tess Whitty, a freelance translator (English-Swedish), proofreader, editor, copy writer, localizer and entrepreneur. (English)
Brave New Words - A blog about translation, language, literature, and other related topics. (English)
Building Rapport - Advocating plain language, clear design, sensitivity to audience concerns, and civility. (English)
Crosslingo’s Posterous - A translator, an English teacher, a reader and a blogger (English)
DCblog - English language blog. (English)
Dr. Goodword's Language Blog - English language blog. (English)
Dylematy filolozki - Blog about Polish - language problems, spelling mistakes and other mysteries of Polish language. (Problemy jezykowe, bledy ortograficzne, zagadki polonistyczne…) (Polish)
English, Jack - Second thoughts on English and how she's taught. (English)
Euro London's Blog - The specialists in multilingual recruitment (English)
Evolving English II - In this blog, we observe the language changing all around us. (English)
Freelance Chinese translator - Professional English to Chinese translation and Chinese to English translation. (English)
Fritinancy - Names, brands, writing, and the quirks of the English language. (English)
Games with words - Blog that runs experiments through the Web testing human reasoning, particularly in the domain of language. (English)
Il blog del Mestiere di scrivere - Italian Blog. (Italian)
In parole povere - Thoughts and notes on the Italian language. (Italian)
ISEL - Blog jezykowy - Blog about English vocabulary and grammar. (Polish)
JodyByrne.com - Doc Byrne's Translation Miscellany is blog written by a professional translator and translator trainer and it covers everything and anything to do with translation, localisation, languages, language technologies and research and often presents a humorous take on different topics. (English)
John Wells’s phonetic blog - Blog on everything to do with phonetics; from application to education to resources. (English)
Ken Wilson's Blog - The original idea for the blog was, and remains, to provide free materials for teachers. (English)
L10NBRIDGE Translation blog - The blog posts cover everything from web globalization, translation FAQs, Internationalization, writing for localization, multilingual social media to favorite recipes throughout the world. (English)
Lavori in corso - Note pratiche in corso d'opera. (Italian)
Les recettes du traducteur - Tous les ingrédients pour faire boullir la marmite… (French)
Lingformat - The science of linguistics in the news. (English)
Linguistic Mystic - A place for me to post the things that intrigue me, but also as a place for you to find and learn about things that might intrigue you. (English)
Linneas språkblogg - A blog about things that have to do with the Swedish language in one way or another. (Swedish)
Literal-Minded - Linguistic commentary from a guy who takes things too literally. (English)
Lux Lingua's Blog - Thought on language, translation and the translator. (English)
MA Translation Studies News - A blog for students and graduates of the MA Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth (English)
Medical Translation Blog - Medical Translation * Regulations * Technology. (English)
Motivated Grammar - Prescriptivism Must Die! (English)
Mox's blog - Electromechanical Engineer and English-French to Spanish translator. (English)
Multimanus - A blog by a writing coach. Lots of great tips for writing and getting published. (Swedish)
Musings from an overworked translator - Musings from an overworked translator features musings about Jill's life and the translation industry that are of interest to long-time translators as well as those new to the profession. (English)
Naked Translations - Reflections on words, expressions and the difficulties encountered on the bridge from the English to the French language. (English)
No Peanuts! - Provides support and resources to professional translators and interpreters in demanding and receiving a living wage for their work. (English)
Noncompositional - Noncompositional is a mostly-academic blog by a linguistics graduate student. (English)
Nordic Voices in Translation - Nordic Voices in Translation is a blog devoted to the English translation of the literatures of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - and also Estonia. (English)
Orden runt med Ann Ljungberg - Tips and ideas for people who want to write in Swedish. (Swedish)
Oversetter - Blog by Nick Rosenthal, Managing Director of Salford Translations Ltd. (English)
Paleoglot - Ancient languages, cultures and civilizations. (English)
Peter Harvey, linguist - Teacher, writer, translator. (English)
PHONOBLOG - All things about phonology. (English)
Plsh Text Communications - Helps you reach, speak to, communicate with, and build relationships with a variety of customers and consumers in various industries. (English)
Polyglot Blog - Resources and information about translation, interpreting and languages. (English)
Polysyllabic - Ruminations on grammar, philology and anything else. (English)
Power of Dream, Power of English - Helping learning English language and American culture. (Japanese)
Practicing Writing - Here you'll find updates on writing and publishing opportunities (especially handy between issues of our monthly newsletter). Plus, the blog holds this practicing writer's occasional observations on happenings in the literary world, book reviews, and news about her own work. (English)
Pratbubblor - Språkkonsulterna (the Language Consultants) brings you informational and inspirational musings on language. (Swedish)
Premere il tasto ANY - Riflessioni sulle traduzioni professionali in ambito informatico. (Italian)
Sauvage noble - An Austronesian’s Adventures in Altertumswissenschaft and Indogermanistik. (English)
Semantics etc. - A weblog on semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, and intersections thereof. (English)
Sentence First - An Irishman's blog about the English language. (English)
Separated by a common language - Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK. (English)
Sinosplice - Blog to help understand all things China. Includes articles on language, culture and everything inbetween. (English)
Skrivtips - Tips for writing in Swedish. (Swedish)
Spanish Translation Blog - Blog on translation. In English (English)
Spanish Translation Blog (Spanish) - Blog on translation. In Spanish (Spanish)
Språkförsvaret - A blog in defence of the Swedish language with the hopes of elliminating the intrusion of English. (Swedish)
Språkpolis - The Swedish language police. (Swedish)
TecnoTraduBlog - Un traductor también puede ser geek. (Spanish)
Terminologia etc. - An Italian blog on terminology, translation, localization and language-related quirks. (Italian)
The Biolinguistics Blog - Brings a variety of material pertaining to the field of biolinguistics. (English)
The Engine Room - Blog about language use, publishing and the media in general. (English)
The Grammaphobia Blog - Q and A blog on grammar. Readers questions on use of English are answered and discussed on a daily basis. (English)
The Greener Word - German-English translator specialising in environmental issues and waste management in particular. (English)
The Language Guy - Commentary on how language is used and abused in advertising, politics, the law, and other areas of public life. (English)
The Lexicographer's Rules - This is the personal weblog of Grant Barrett, editor of the Double-Tongued Dictionary, a collection of words from the fringes of English. (English)
The Name Inspector - English language blog. (English)
The POLSKI blog - The POLSKI blog is written by Michal, a Polish journalist, writer, one-time language teacher and linguist, living and working in London. (English)
The Shifted Librarian - Library related materials. (English)
The Translation and Interpretation Blog - This site facilitates knowledge and research in medical and legal translation and interpretation. (English)
There's Something About Translation - A freelance translator blogs about lessons learned at the wordface, her experiences as a freelancer and the changes facing the profession. (English)
Thoughts On Translation - The translation industry and becoming a translator. (English)
Three Percent - Blog with articles on various topics related to translation, communication, technology and other snippets of random, unrelated informational debris. (English)
Tomedes - Smart Human Translation Services. (English)
Trad Online - Trad Online, a dynamic and innovative translation agency (French)
Tradeona - About translations. Being a translator is certainly a trade, but it is mostly an opportunity for the author to exercise her passion every day. (French)
Traduction anglais-français - The entente cordiale between English and French: translation tips, general culture, musings of someone who has already written two dictionaries, and much more - check us out (French)
Transblawg - Weblog from Fürth on German-English legal translation (German/English)
Translate This! - Strategies for Lossless Langage Convrson. (English)
Translating is an Art - A weblog about translation and language. (English)
Translation Blog: Trusted Translations - You will find tips, advice, and all kinds of information both for translators and translation buyers written by all those involved in the exciting field of professional translation. (English)
Translation Notes - News, ideas, tools to make translation more productive and enjoyable. (Spanish)
Translation Times - The translating twins and entrepreneurial linguists, Judy and Dagmar Jenner, blog about the business of translation from Vienna and Vegas. The blog revolves on ideas and strategies to run a translation business more effectively and efficiently by thinking like an entrepreneur. They dispense useful tips on marketing, advertising, entrepreneurship, real-life economics, pricing, and working with direct clients. (English)
Translator Power - Blog on translation. (English)
Translator's Musings - Share the horror stories, the near misses and the tips for all those requiring translations from English to French. (English)
transubstantiation - Ideas on translation. (English)
Translation Guy - The challenges of language remain eternal, but the business of translation is changing in interesting and scary ways. Translation Guy is a way to get a handle on the transformation of translation for me and my readers. (English)
Trovare X Credere - Blog dedicated to the techniques and tools of research (and not only) for translators and interpreters. (Italian)
Über Setzer Logbuch - German blog on language, Russian and translation. Includes articles on the latest news on related areas. (German)
Wasaty tlumacz O tlumaczeniach przy fajce i kawie - Tips and tricks, toys and tools - everything about translation. (Polish)
wéb-tränslatiôns - The Web-Translations blog is a mixture of informative, serious, and light-hearted content focusing on various areas of language and the localization industry. All members of staff within the company are welcome to contribute, and we encourage comment from our readers - sometimes a real debate is opened, which is great! (English)
Word Routes - Ben Zimmer, executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and "On Language" columnist for The New York Times, explores the pathways of our lexicon in his Visual Thesaurus column, Word Routes. (English)
word spy - Word Lover's Guide to New Words - Word Spy is devoted to "lexpionage," the sleuthing of new words and phrases. (English)
Wordlustitude - This is a growing dictionary of ephemeral words, also known as nonce or stunt words. All readers are strongly encouraged to use these terms in their blogs, poems, prophesies, and recipes (English)
Wordmall - A blog about the English language. (English)
Words to good effect - Blog about writing, web content, usability, accessibility, language and translating. (English)
Wörter Blog - Blog on how to use German words and grammar correctly. (German)
Wortistik - A German publicist in his function as word custodian of the nation. (German)
Wunderland Deutsch - A declaration of love for the German language. (German)
yndigo - Blog on translation with both insights and incites. Covers many aspects of translation. (English)
Zwiebelfisch - German blog on quirks in the German Language. Bastian Sick writes on topics ranging from language history to correct use. (German)
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Nominated blogs for the other categories:
Language Learning
Language Technology
Language Teaching
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Nominations are over so take a look through the nominated list, choose your favorite blogs and vote for them here. You can vote for one blog per category. There are blogs in several languages, such as English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, French and Italian.