Autobiographical
My life and the future
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Apologies once again for ruining the chronology of this tale. I have been remiss in omitting some events that had a positive impact. The first one brings to mind a Scottish friend who stayed with us in Hampstead – Angus MacDonald, who hailed from a prosperous family. In exchange I was invited to stay with…
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Once again apologies for readers and subscribers. Here I continue on what is a key issue for my profession. I also mention again the offer for investors in Kazakhstan and art fans. The risks posed by AI today for professional translators, agencies and clients mirror similar issues raised by previous disruptive technologies: machine translation and…
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Drawing on the Monty Python title, I am taking a break here and in the next blog entry from the autobiography for two reasons. I want to warn readers and subscribers that the next couple of blog entries will deviate significantly, based on my personal experience as a translator. I also have an offer for…
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The number one single Start by the Jam in early September 1980 seemed fairly apt. In the end I decided I didn’t want to go down that route and repeat the year, preferring to finish my time at school as soon as possible with my friends. Naturally, there was one down side to this decision – I…
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Although I would soon turn 16, I still found the journey to France daunting – travelling solo for the first time by plane and then getting lost on the train as, laden down with bags, I attempted to make my way by metro and train to the south Parisian suburb Athis-Mons where I would stay. …
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The year 1979 is always connected in my mind to the only time I had a serious political disagreement with my parents – they had decided to vote for the Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher for the first time in their lives. They believed that she truly wanted to change the country for the…
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First of all, apologies to subscribers and readers for the gap between blog entries. I suppose I could attribute the delay to the holiday season or a packed schedule in early January. The truth is, I penned this text last summer and was loathe at first to open up fully. However, who knows, it may…
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Watching Elvis Costello and the Attractions at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1977 was no doubt one of the highlights of the period, going to the concert together with John and Chris. As well as the concert, we would hang out at each other’s places during holidays, play tennis where they both always won, or table…
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Harold Wilson resigned in early 1976, to be replaced by James Callaghan who would lead the Labour Party into the 1979 general election. Meanwhile the following year ushered in the Silver Jubilee, technological change, with the emergence of personal computing, in particular Apple (I work on iMacs to this day), as well as the launch…
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