MIDEM LAUNCHES NEW VISUALS
Midem, the foremost music trade fair, has just started using its new visuals to drive early-bird sales (the event is in January). The above image is just one of a…
Where is the Love in the Palm Grove?
Actually, this is just a little plug. Last year, I worked on the subtitles for a documentary called "Where is the Love in the Palm Grove?", produced by Iota Productions.…
HOW TO SCARE A COPYWRITER
I came across a very interesting poll on the ProZ translators’ site recently. The question was “What are the words that you dread hearing most when a client rings?” “Urgent”, topped the list. But you might like to know that other words such as “easy”, “straightforward” and “short” also set their alarm bells ringing. How come?
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP?
Maybe it's a bit optimistic. Maybe it's just plain wrong. But I've been speaking to a number of copywriters in Europe these past few days. None have a spare minute.…
“Vermist/Missing” debuts as TV series
The TV series "Vermist/Missing", taken from the film of the same name directed by Jan Verheyen, debuts on Belgium’s VT4 channel every Tuesday from March 25 at 9.30pm. I wrote…
MIDEM 2008 KICKS OFF NEW THINKING
I think we have all heard that the music business is in pretty bad shape (and just today, it was revealed that figures are down 15% in France). As the…