Four developments for international companies: unchanged interest rates, Actis’s battery projects, a farm energy funding window and JJX’s Wrocław expansion.
Last Week in Poland: Rates, Battery Investment and Market Entry, 5–11 October 2026 Read More »
A practical Poland business briefing for 12–18 October: the ZUS deadline, Teachers’ Day, Sunday trading, energy funding and autumn campaign planning.
Next Week in Poland: Business Dates and Opportunities, 12–18 October 2026 Read More »
I have more than 1,000 Kindle ebooks and around 500 Audible audiobooks. But can my sons inherit them? A look at digital libraries, licences, EU consumer law and succession.
Who Will Inherit My 1,500 Digital Books? Read More »
From lecturers’ stories about typewriters and the Tube to research, ideas and A/B-testing variants: how I use AI as a translator without handing over judgement or compromising client confidentiality.
How I use AI in my work Read More »
AI has not made translation style guides obsolete. It has made them more valuable as a shared governance layer for human translators, reviewers and AI tools producing multilingual content.
In the age of AI, are translation style guides still relevant? Read More »
Turning 50 has felt like a natural moment to reflect on where I have been professionally, where I am now, and where I want Consulting Translator to go next.
A new chapter for ConsultingTranslator.com Read More »
Recently, one of my LinkedIn friends, who is an SEO expert, wrote about a company she now supports with SEO. The company has been quite successful abroad, but since entering the Polish market some two years ago, it has not gained much traction. Her initial investigation into the company’s problems revealed that while their products
If you want to enter the Polish market, you need a strategy Read More »
“Who are you?” a slightly tipsy lady asked me.It was autumn of 2004, I was standing behind a bar in a medieval castle turned into a popular hotel in Sussex. It was my first stable job since my arrival in the UK.“I am a bartender ma’am,” I even had a certificate of my 6-week-long bartending
Who am I really, or what AI taught me about my identity Read More »
We have so much in common! I try to keep up with the news, at least in a few areas.One reflection that accompanies reading or watching the news these days is that since the fall of the Wall, plenty of new ones, both physical and intangible, have been created between various peoples. It is so
We have so much in common! Read More »
CERTIFIED TRANSLATION One of the questions I hear most often is whether I am a Polish sworn translator. I am not. I provide certified English–Polish translations, but this is not the same as holding sworn-translator status in Poland. The distinction matters when an institution specifies who must prepare a translation. I have two possible answers
ARE YOU A SWORN TRANSLATOR? Read More »
