A friend of mine worked for a company that organized concerts mainly in Casinos and in the Portuguese Coliseums (Lisbon and Porto) with international artists.

They were looking for someone to be an interpreter among all sorts of other things - Booking hotels, booking restaurants, planning events...

One of my most important jobs was to be a mediator between both owners of the company because they did not speak each other's language! I was always running around and traveling a lot, but I got to meet interesting people who have been in show business for a long time.

I ended up spending a lot of time with the artists because I would be the one picking them up from the airport and, in most cases, it was their first time in Portugal ( I had to do a little bit of tour guiding too).

It was nice with Joe Cocker, Joaquín Cortés, Alcione, Ney Mato Grosso... just to name a few.

The presentation episode is the new listeners will look for when looking for new podcasts...

However, I have decided that is the righ moment to record a little intro for The Language Worker.

It took me ONE YEAR to do it...

Here it is now!

The best things about having a podcast for me is to actually make new friends all the time. And that is the case for these three amazing guests that I invited to come back to the podcast one year later.

They were part of the first season, my first month or two of learning how to be a podcaster. They're very relevant in the way that things ended up unfolding - they helped me a lot and they were very nice and generous. So, I thought it was going to be great to bring Kelsey, Suzie, and Jane back to check in with them see what happened during this year and they accepted to be here with me once again.

This is a bit of a special episode for me, and I really hope you enjoy it!

After working at the research institute, I was intited to be a Language Consultant for an OnLine Consultancy Service - Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/)

Founder & CEO @ The Action Sports Translator (www.theactionsportstranslator.com)

This is the first and only full-scale sports translation agency for the action sports and outdoor industry. Martina has over 13 years of experience in the translation and localization industry.

Long-time skier/snowboarder, rock climber, beginner kitesurfer, and generally mountain, nature and outdoor enthusiast.

Alfonso has been in the translation/localization industry for 20 years and he has seen our industry from multiple angles.

He started working as a translator, but over these two decades he has held various roles: leading teams in an LSP, leading a Localization team on the client side, and creating his company – TranslaStars.

More recently, Alfonso has also created the Localization Management Academy.

For this episode about Literary Translation, I invited three people who don’t know each other and don’t really know much about each other’s work. I thought it would be an interesting idea for us to all get to know each other at the same time.

Mónia - Until 2019, Mónia worked mainly in the technical field (translating and proofreading technical texts, from mechanical engineering to medical devices, including legal and marketing). At the beginning of 2020, she embarked on literary revision, and, shortly after that, she delivered her first literary translation. Mónia has translated over 15 books since then (fiction and non-fiction).

Barbara - Barbara’s passion is to see Language, playing with language and, above all, conveying what an author has said.

She is also passionate about raising the profile of translators - be it with readings from her own translations or by organizing and moderating events with colleagues.

Keith - Writer. Literary translator. Occasional poet. If you've written a book in French or German and you want to have it translated into English, talk to Keith.

Ana's superpower is the ability to help clients identify a podcast idea that accelerates their business or professional goals, establishes trust with their ideal customer, and avoids content creator overwhelm.

As a skilled podcast producer and strategist, Ana saw the opportunity to help entrepreneurs get their message across, but also to create a more meaningful impact in the world.

In January 2020 she founded The Podcast Space, an online podcast consulting agency where she works specifically with female entrepreneurs, multilinguals, and minorities who support the betterment of others and their common communities.

https://www.thepodcastspace.com/

While doing my BA in Linguistics I always made it clear to everyone that my main focus was on Lexicology, specially on Terminology.

When I started working I had the chance to be a part of a Linguistics Institute and be a part of a couple of projects, one of them in the area o Terminology.

I participated in scientific meetings and symposiums and presented a few papers internationally.

Carlos La Orden Tovar has a very public localization life.

He delivers workshops, labs, and presentations as a speaker at global and local industry events for translation and localization professionals and students.

He is also the coordinator of workshops and seminars, E-Learning presentations, and a course designer.

In this conversation, we also talk about the importance of music in Carlo’s life and how it influenced his career in languages.