Helen Jones : Double Helix Translations

MITI, MML, BSC, AMRSB. French/German to English biology and chemistry translator. Bridging the worlds of sciences and languages!

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@LBLaurence @NWTN_UK Date saved here, too! The knee is vastly improved now, so I'll be there with bells on! (Not literally, that would get quite annoying after a mile or so)

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@Rosenkrantz I'm glad you agree ☺️

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@Rosenkrantz Aspinals of London are the ultimate (VERY spendy), Papier are a bit more reasonable, a bit wider selection and a bit sexier in my opinion (I appreciate I'm a bit sad for thinking stationery is sexy 😂)

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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

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@corinnemckay It made it to the UK too! Thanks for the reminder 🤣😫

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@JohnLovesJulie @GillianCarring6 Brian May, a great friend to nature ❤️

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@dermotryanie @JohnLovesJulie @GillianCarring6 I'm even more convinced now! Though am not sure my "winning by stealth" argument works any more 🤔

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@JohnLovesJulie @GillianCarring6 I should clarify! Unassuming as a *wrestler*. As someone else mentioned, a bit on the skinny side. So you wouldn't expect much of him!

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@JohnLovesJulie @GillianCarring6 I've voted Mick and Keef. 1) they're unassuming so have the element of surprise. 2) they're essentially pickled by this point and are therefore invincible. 3) Mick could hypnotise opponents with his hips and keef could just look cool in their general direction. Game over!

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@erik_hansson Oh, I insist on it, too. I'm just not usually granted the courtesy of a reply when I do 🤣

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@erik_hansson Wow, they acknowledged your minimum rate? For me they usually just keep sending me rubbish I'm never going to accept, and when I remind them about minimum rate they just ignore me until the next time they ask me to do €9 worth of work 🤣

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@sahorcas That's really interesting to be able to actually observe the change as it happens! It feels very exciting to be a linguist in a time of changing language. The more diverse, the better as far as I'm concerned! It keeps things exciting ☺️

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

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@MelHorrocks19 Oh and as for the masc/fem word endings, there are a number of ways this is dealt with. Currently in favour seems to be using both endings separated by a dot (e.g. ambassadeur.rice). The masc form was accepted as covering all genders but this is increasingly disputed.

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@MelHorrocks19 Pronounced ee-el by the way ☺️

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@BrainJumble Looks like I'll be a grumpy-but-happy evil wizard! Bring it on 🤣

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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 🤣

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@XBowXl8 @babbel It's on the back burner at the moment, but I used it for Dutch for a while. They do at least have German! And I bet they'll have a black Friday deal on subscription...Hope you enjoy it if you give it a go ☺️