Chameleon Collective

12/09/2022

Cheeky note, Caimh McDonnell. Love it!

10/26/2022

It's no secret that we all love a mugful of warmth. This is the perfect time of year to enjoy all the unique flavours out there 😉

10/26/2022

Such an important question, eh?

The story behind Canada’s most distinctive verbal tic.

10/19/2022

From 'asportation' to 'nicknackatory' to 'yex,' these old, delightfully unusual words are ones you'll want to use regularly.

10/18/2022

"Y'all" is a good inclusive pronoun choice. What do you think? Are y'all ready to embrace it?

The South’s default collective form of address is the best of the American vernacular.

10/12/2022

A little language trivia for you this morning!

The origins, meaning, and authors behind 50 popular phrases and sayings.

10/05/2022

We are on a work retreat this week at this lovely place in the Lower St Lawrence... and what a treat!

09/28/2022

Obviously Britain-focused, but still funny for everyone, I think! The Pass Notes column has been going for years, and it always makes me laugh. -- Frances

Hench, peng, shook … if you don’t know what any of these mean, you’re nothing more than a wasteman. MLE is sweeping the country!

09/21/2022

It's no longer Women in Translation month, but we have added some these titles to our reading lists. Let us know if you have read any of them!

If you want to participate in Women In Translation month this August but don't know where to start, here are ten excellent choices.

09/14/2022

As translators, we use our brains pretty intensively. This study confirms what we all feel: a walk in nature does the ol' brain good!

After a 60-minute walk in nature, activity in brain regions involved in stress processing decreases. This is the finding of a recent study by the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, published in Molecular Psychiatry.

09/07/2022

Good morning!

We're back, refreshed from our respective vacations and ready to get back to the routine. As such, we wanted to share with you a collective one we've developed over the years: gratitude practice!

Every Wednesday for the past seven years, we chameleons have each shared a gratitude list with each other: personal and professional, the items come in no particular order, but the practice boosts our mood, keeps us connected to the bright things and, even better, gives a little window into each other’s lives.

A beautiful view, new wool socks, a child who’s finally sleeping through the night, a quieter day or a particularly difficult contract that’s finally been delivered: the things we're grateful for have varied and changed over the years of our collective, though coffee sure comes back frequently!

What about you: what are you grateful for today?

08/03/2022

Oh yeah! On se retrouve en septembre!

a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation; a scheduled period during which activity (as of a court or school) is suspended; a period of exemption from work granted to an employee… See the full definition