06 August 2024 Last week I looked at alphabetization in Czech. Polish is comparatively simpler, as you don’t have to remember which diacritics affect the sort and which don’t. Of course, you do have to keep straight which order the three z‘s go in. In… Read More »Alphabetizing Polish
30 July 2024 I’ve been away from blogging for a while, so to dip back into it here’s a handy reference if you ever find yourself working with Czech terms or names. For indexing, there are two things to know about the Czech alphabet. First,… Read More »Alphabetizing Czech
19 March 2024 Every so often, a new indexer (or editor, or proofreader) asks whether they need to have a contract with their clients. I always answer yes. One of two questions follow: Why aren’t the email exchanges enough? What should go in the contract?… Read More »Business Contracts, or Why Email Isn’t Enough