Traffic chaos on 26/27 November: Following a major fire on Hopes Carr in Stockport, roads around our office are heavily congested (and a couple of roads are shut). If you are visiting us on Friday 27 November, please allow yourself a little extra time to contend with a couple of closed roads.

Ever wondered how to save money on your company's translations? Today I'll be guest presenting a webinar for Scriptorium Publishing on "Cost-effective document design for a translation workflow". Cost is just $20, and you should pick up a few document design pointers that will save that investment many times over.

Windows 7, and the Microsoft Translation Glossaries: I asked recently if anyone knew where I could find the official Microsoft Glossaries for Windows 7, and Licia C. has very helpfully sent me some news about this from Italy. Grazie!

You can find information about the Microsoft Glossaries at:
http://blogs.technet.com/terminology/archive/2009/10/27/downloading-software-translations-for-offline-use.aspx

Please note that you will need an MSDN subscription or a TechNet subscription to access the glossary files.

I am looking forward to speaking at the North West Translators' Network's "Boost your productivity" day on Saturday 14th November 2009 in central Manchester (actually at the Manchester YHA, in Castlefields - the very place where the industrial revolution was born).

This will be a fascinating day, looking at how we actually work as translators. What can we do to be more productive? What new tools and techniques actually help us? What is happening in the translation memory sector? Is it faster to dictate your work - and if so, to use a human typist or to use voice dictation software?