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Claudia Kozeny-Pelling
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Hi, I'm Claudia. 🙂 Originally from Germany; based in Oxford since '97.

Marketing translations (DipTrans MCIL) ⭐ SEO content writing ⭐ For ethical & sustainable businesses 🌱 English ⇄ German #xl8 #ContentWriter translatedigitalmarketing.com
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Sound familiar? It's no different in content writing and translating.

At least *label* copy and music as AI-generated, for goodness' sake.

[Photo of a sundown by No Name on Pexels]
Sundown in orange, yellow, and blue colours.
July 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Can I just say that I'd LOVE to have a swimming pool right now? Both for cooling down and for business meeting purposes.

Wouldn't it be nice...
Blue water in a swimming pool
June 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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He's stamping his foot now. And Israel's completely ignoring him.
Screenshot of Trump's post: He said in a post on Truth Social: "ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Bit rich coming from you, Thames Water!

#ThamesWater #Water #Environment
Email from Thames Water to me. Subject line: "Let's protect our most precious resource".
June 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Nothing nicer than fresh flowers from a friend's lovely garden. (She dropped them off, I didn't steal them!)
Beautiful pink peonies in a glass jug.
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I switched off Copilot in my MS Word, but I've noticed this ominous green dot hovering just to the left of my blank document. I assume if I click on it accidentally, it'll switch on all AI features again, am I right? 🙃

#AI #Copilot #MSWord #MSCopilot #DamnAITools
Ominous green symbol hovering next to my MS Word document. Is it a shortcut to their AI tool (which I switched off)?
April 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This is why I love Reddit. 😁

#Tariffs #News #Reddit #Eminem
Reddit thread: First post: "Dear Xi, I wrote you but you still ain’t callin" Second post: "I left my cell phone, white house address and tarrifs at the bottom. I sent more tarrifs back AND market uncertainty, you must not have seen em. There prolly was a problem with twitter or something." [It's a parody of 'Stan' by Eminem]
April 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Oh boy, Google. You really should be able to afford a German human translator...

Just sent this to a German client for info. Google Search Console is a useful tool, but it's not making a great impression in this help manual.

(See ALT text for more info.)

#GoogleSearchConsole #SEO #xl8
Screenshot: bad German translation of Google's Search Console instructions. Examples include switching between formal and informal address, and awkwardly translated phrases and words.
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I mean, it *will* be historic. Just not in a good way.
Breaking news headline: "Hang tough, it won't be easy but the end result will be history', Trump says
April 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I like how journalists will still find a way to smuggle in a pun or two, no matter how dire the situation.

#Writers #Tariffs #Puns
Snippet from a news ticker: "39m ago: Automakers shift gears after Trump tariffs"
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Ah, the advantages of free machine translation.

[First ad copy: "Roller Paint Brush. No water leakage, and more paint sticky, save time and effort."

Second ad copy: "Poise the paint roller, open the cover and strength should be equally."]

#xl8
#DIY
#MachineTranslation
First ad copy: "Roller Paint Brush. No water leakage, and more paint sticky, save time and effort." Second ad copy: "Poise the paint roller, open the cover and strength should be equally."
March 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Head to the Copywriter Survey below to add your responses if you're based in the UK or work with UK clients. 👇📝

I'll be interested to read the free report on this in July!

www.procopywriters.co.uk/take-survey-...

#Copywriting
#ContentWriting
#MarketingTranslation
Copywriter Survey 2025: the UK's largest investigation into the copywriting profession. Responses by 31 March 2025.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 20/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books #Horror
'The Woman in Black' by Susan Hill.
March 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 19/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 18/20

English version: 'The Clown' by Heinrich Böll.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books #Böll
'The Clown' / 'Ansichten eines Clowns' by Heinrich Böll.
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 17/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Painted Veil' by W. Somerset Maugham
March 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 16/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Night Watch' by Sarah Waters
March 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Turning Point'/'Der Wendepunkt' by Klaus Mann
March 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

Day 14/20

#BookSky
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#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
"All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque ("Im Westen Nichts Neues")
March 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 13/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'Pet Sematary' by Stephen King
March 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Birds & Other Stories' by Daphne du Maurier
March 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'Testament of Youth' by Vera Brittain
March 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
The Collected Works by Edgar Allan Poe
March 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

'Gods, Graves, and Scholars' by C. W. Ceram.

Day 9/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'Gods, Graves, and Scholars' (German: 'Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte') by C. W. Ceram.
March 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 8/20

#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
#GreatBooks #Books
'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt
March 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM