Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator

French, Polish, Russian to English. Est. 2015. Medical & Marketing. MITI. MCIL. MSc Translation, Heriot-Watt. MA Modern Languages, St Andrews. Cultural mongrel.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@DoctorNike @lowcarbGP Thank you :) My levels are not as low as I'd hoped considering the amount of exercise I do (usually every day) and how strict I am with the diet. I'll talk to my GP about at least reducing the Metformin. I'm a strange case so perhaps it's not doing all that much anyway?

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

Forty days ago, I began a low-carb no-sugar diet as an experiment. My blood sugar used to hover around 10 mmol/l – now 7 mmol/l (HbA1c 60 to 45).
Nobody gave me guidance so I found it myself. Thank you @lowcarbGP. Started a diet, gained a lifestyle.
More: https://t.co/6rLL8FFtIT

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

Brilliant talk by Dr Unwin @lowcarbGP and Dr Chaffee @anthony_chaffee advocating a low-carb lifestyle.
Benefits for everyone, not just diabetics: improves kidney function, liver function, lipid profiles, blood pressure, etc.
HEALTHSPAN, not just lifespan.
https://t.co/TdWzn5Wr1h

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@fliglman @i_budzynska 😂 That's going in my feedback on the feedback

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

The most ridiculous feedback I've ever received, in this case for a test translation: "Passable but not very accurate, but what the translator has put is in many cases what one would expect a document like this to actually say." Plus comments arguing for word-for-word renditions.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@AMDTransl Exactly, I wonder if they've shot themselves in the foot!

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@polish_linguist Ruth said it's basically a big fat seal of approval and that I should put the quote on my website

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@i_budzynska Well, quite 😂 You'd argue that was the point of a translation! They're saying I didn't use EXACTLY the same words as the French source. I told the agency every comment makes me question the reviewer's translation skills.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@i_budzynska That I've used words and expressions that you'd expect to see in that particular type of document 🙃

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@DalesTranslator That is a shame! Luckily our local Morrisons still has checkouts with people most of the time.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

I don't need a robotic arm to fill up my car. I don't want to read content written by a machine. I hate chatting to customer service bots. I avoid self-checkouts. What is wrong with the world? What is wrong with human? The only new tech I want is a time machine. Grump grump grump

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@ValerieOurset Chatting to a human is absolutely fine, chatting to an AI bot has been pointless and unhelpful every single time, in my experience. I see your point about some of these advances helping people who need it gain some independence, though – that's definitely a good reason for them.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@DalesTranslator I don't actually own a car, but a video about a robotic arm popped up somewhere and I'm just baffled that anyone is wasting time, energy and money on it.

[Night Vale podcast @NightValeRadio]

Never look a gift-horse in the butt, either.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

Here's to wonderful colleagues who hear you're experiencing a dry spell and immediately send work your way 😍 #xl8

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of Christmas Day, as always, is
‘confelicity’: joy in the happiness of others.

The fellow emotion to ‘compassion’, literally ‘a suffering with’.

Wishing you confelicity aplenty this Christmas.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@OffsideOlivier Sixteen years old, briefly back in Poland after five years in Belgium and soon to move to Estonia. Two years before my youngest sister's accident that changed our lives forever. I miss being that carefree.

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@i_budzynska A million times yes

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

@AnMaTranslates Absolutely ❤️

[Aleksandra J. Chlon | Translator @ajctranslate]

I don't understand people who just write 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy birthday' in a card and nothing else. Seriously, why even bother at that point? What a wasted opportunity to write something personal, meaningful, sweet or funny. It doesn't even have to be long. Make it count!