Xosé Castro

Some productivity and efficiency tools, hacks and tricks (for translators, interpreters and proofreaders)

I have always been obsessed with efficiency and productivity (for the sake of my health: I want more free time for myself). In this competitive world, where our main working tool is not a pen but a computer (and a tablet and a smartphone…), having a good set of computing skills really changes the rules of the game, the competitiveness and the profitability of our work. In this short talk, Xosé Castro will set out the principles of computer productivity and efficiency and he will suggest some tips and ‘hacks’ for translators and interpreters.

BIOGRAPHY

Xosé Castro is a freelance translator, proofreader and copywriter since 1990. He is specialised in software localisation, technology, hospitality, advertising, cultural assessment and marketing, among many other fields. He is a member of www.PalabrasMayores.org and the co-author of Palabras Mayores: 199 recetas infalibles para expresarse bien (on correct writing, proofreading and typesetting). He is also a TV/radio host and scriptwriter and he currectly collaborates with a TV show and a radio show on a weekly basis. He is also a speaker specialised in communication and he has given classes and workshops for translators, speakers, journalists, proofreaders and interpreters in many Latin American countries, the US and Europe.