Academic Editing
I recently wrote this blog post for SENSE (society for English-language professionals based in the Netherlands): The art of public speaking: presenting in English with confidence By Linda Jayne Turner, 12 May 2026 Most people are afraid of public speaking to some extent. Mark Twain once said: ‘There are only two types of speakers in …
The 27th International Project Week (IPW) at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences was from 19 to 23 May. My friend and colleague Robin Finesilver and I caught a train up the Elbe to Dresden on the morning of Saturday, 17 May. Our journey got off to a slightly bumpy start – a half-hour delay on …
On Thursday, 29 August, I finally found myself on the airport bus in Prague to catch a flight to Finland to attend the long-awaited conference English as a Lingua Nordica – Language in a Changing World or ELN24, an event co-organized by the Nordic Editors and Translators (NEaT) and the trade union Kieliasiantuntijat (Language Experts). …
An interesting project I worked on recently involved copy-editing, together with my friend and trusted colleague Robin Finesilver, a translation of Skutečná cesta ven (The True Way Out), the award-winning autobiography of Czech Roma journalist, writer and musician Patrik Banga, for CEEOL Press. Isabel Stainsby’s translation was excellent, which made our job easier. However, the …
At the SENSE Starters SIG on 4 July 2024, Anne Oosthuizen (Tip of the Tongue) spoke about personal branding, a subject she knows well and has previously been invited to talk about by both Leiden University and NGTV. Anne is an English-Dutch (and sometimes Dutch-English) translator, editor and copywriter with a BA in English Language …
This was my 24th International Project Week (IPW) at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences so I guess that makes me quite the seasoned veteran. My journey by train to the IPW 2024 was much smoother than last year. It was also genuinely nice to have the company of a fellow traveller, my friend and colleague …
This year saw a packed St. Patrick’s Day programme in Prague. While there were other events earlier in the week, my own celebrations began early on Friday evening with the St. Patrick’s Day reception at the 𝐾𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟š𝑡𝑒𝑗𝑛𝑠𝑘ý 𝑝𝑎𝑙á𝑐, graciously hosted by the Ambassador of Ireland Alan Gibbons and Dr. Ernesto Vazques del Aguila, co-founder of …
Do you have a book manuscript or thesis that you would like to get published in English but it’s not ready for publication in its current form? You have googled “How much does it cost to get a book edited” or “How do I get my book edited?” because you’re not sure what’s involved? Well, …
Greetings to all my blog readers. There was a time when I had two identities for a while: Linda Turner and Linda Turnerová. How did this come about? It was because I obtained my Czech citizenship on 25 November 2021 and it is the norm to add the suffix ‘-ová’ to female names in the …
International Project Week, Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, consultations on academic editing, academic writing, public speaking