WordPress themes not showing author bylines explained
The other day, I expressed my concern on the WordPress Support Forums that my author bylines were gone from my posts in this blog using the Twenty Twelve theme. Today I got a response from staff...
View ArticleProfessional Interpreting Associations & Certifications: A narrated slideshow
I created this presentation for an Introduction to Interpreting class at Phoenix College. I’m sharing it with anyone interested in interpreters’ professional associations and certifications.
View ArticleHow to make slides advance automatically in PowerPoint
I searched the Internet for a half-hour in vain; then my professor Elisa Maroney told me all you have to do is: Go to “Transitions.” Then under “Advance Slide” put in the number of seconds to advance...
View ArticleSlideshow presentation on Demand-Control Schema (D-CS)
I created this slideshow on Demand-Control Schema (D-CS) for an Introduction to Interpreting class at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona, and am sharing it here for the benefit of a larger audience....
View ArticleWriting about language using italics
When I wrote my master’s thesis on vague language, I often cited vague words and phrases. At first I put them in quotation marks, but the quotes cluttered the pages, and by the time I was ready to...
View ArticleSlideshows of Interpreting Vague Language Workshop Series
These are the slideshows from the series of three Interpreting Vague Language (VL) workshops I taught in July. I’m sharing these for people who are interested in vague language and how I teach it. I...
View ArticleThere is no ass to Rick — and four other symbols you mispronounce
As an interpreter, I go to many places where people call typographical symbols by the wrong names. It irks me, but I can’t say anything about it while I’m interpreting, so please hear me now as I...
View ArticleBlog 2014: Adding social media links
Where I learned how to add social media buttons, and where I found them Today, I added custom social media links to my secondary menu, which appears on the left sidebar in the Twenty-Fourteen WordPress...
View ArticleBlog 2014: Adding affiliate links to earn money
I just found out that WordPress.com, the advertising-averse blogging platform that hosts this site, allows bloggers to earn revenue by posting affiliate links. What?!? I wish I’d known this years ago!...
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