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Oktoberfest fun facts and traditions

If you’re thinking about heading to Germany in October for the famous Oktoberfest, you’ll actually be a little late – because Oktoberfest traditionally takes place at the end of September and runs into the start of October. However, it’s a moveable feast...

Remarkable renewables: CPD in Shetland

As a team member who’s based off-site in Edinburgh, I’ve enjoyed being a part of the ITI Scottish Network, one of the regional groups within the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, ever since I moved from Manchester back up north of the border. The Scottish...

Worlds and words apart – Tolkien in Oxford

“The invention of languages is the foundation. The ‘stories’ were made rather to provide a world for the languages than the reverse.” – J. R. R. Tolkien While most of us use language in some form every single day, it’s relatively rare that we consciously decide to...

Conquering the Berlin Marathon

I’m still a relative novice in the world of running, having picked up the hobby around two years ago, but I knew from early on that a marathon was something I’d like to try my hand (or feet) at some day. After sadly missing out on the marathon in LKT’s home city of...

The Nuremberg Christkindlmarkt

Following hot on the heels of Louise and Andy’s trip to the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg in November, senior translator Catherine also headed to Bavaria – but this time to enjoy the region’s pre-Christmas festivities! From the first weekend in...

A marriage of cultures

Being a translator means much more than being able to speak another language. You must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the culture out of which you translate. And that sometimes just involves travelling to and living in that country. All of our translators at LKT...