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Jane McCallion
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Deputy Editor at ITPro and co-host of the ITPro Podcast. https://www.itpro.com/uk/author/jane-mccallion

Opinions are my own, reposts are someone else’s.
Which is why you would use a qualified translator for that
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Intuition really. If something in a sentence just doesn’t quite look right. Obviously this is easier in the language you speak than the language you don’t speak! Tbf I also speak other languages than English and editing it a massive part of my job so maybe I have more of an eye for it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yeah, I used a professional translator not long ago for French Citizenship application (you’re obliged to, unsurprisingly). I’m very much on the side of professional translators but as I said, in some situations good enough is good enough.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Wordreference is an online dictionary, so helpful for translating a specific word either if it has multiple meanings in either language or if you’re suspicious that one of the words in a translation isn’t correct
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Clearly accurate enough. Translate software has existed for a long time and Google Translate has improved exponentially over the years (though I still prefer WordReference when accuracy really matters). Sometimes you need perfect translation, other times good enough is good enough.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What a bunch of incredible losers. Congratulations on your success! You are everything they will never be.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I don’t like to invoke the holocaust willy-nilly but taking people’s possessions has a disconcerting feel to it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What an awful thing to say.
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Reposted by Jane McCallion
2024: hahaha suck it troglodytes, this thing's gonna be replacing your job and dating your girlfriend

2026: we continue to see modest gains at the edges of our applications. we believe 14% of consumers may be ready to spend up to three dollars a month on this by end of Q4
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I know a few French people in Oxford with kids born in the UK. With them all being kids, though, hard to say how they will think of themselves when older.
November 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM