Translator’s fun…
A French colleague of mine sent me an Email this morning with a link to a new translator’s blog and the following message: “You might find some of them familiar!”
Out of curiosity, I clicked on the link… and I invite you to do the same!
Mox’s Blog is a creative way to share the world of translators: it tells the fictional misadventures of a freelance translator named Mox. Mox is “a young but well educated translator. Two PhDs, six languages… and he hardly earns the minimum wage.”
Alejandro Moreno-Ramos, an electromechanical engineer and English-French to Spanish translator, is the man behind the comic strip character Mox. Almost all “adventures” are based on mistakes he made throughout his career. The result is a strip full of clichés and a light-hearted look at the translation profession that we (translators) take so seriously!
I have taken the liberty to post one of my favourite cartoons here. So take a break, check out the running comic strip at Mox’s Blog and subscribe to this very entertaining blog!
