Get your tips to overcome Sunday blues; the age of AI is already here; Ollang's green is everywhere.
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| It was a wonderful Saturday, and now you are almost halfway through Sunday. All you want to do is to spend some time with friends, or perhaps just chill out a bit in front of the TV. But suddenly “Sunday scaries” creeps up: a to-do list, a project deadline, a big meeting, a not-so-great boss. No, this is not an ideal way to wrap up time off. If "Sunday scaries" hit like clockwork, stop wishing Mondays would go away. Instead, learn tactics to deal with dreadful thoughts and feel less stressed while you’re off the clock. Get started! |
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Sometimes, all you need is a little distraction to keep your mind from wandering to work or other tasks you are supposed to do. Don’t hesitate - go to the pub that you passed by the last day but did not have a chance to have a drink.
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Perhaps your Sunday blues hovers around because you have a lot to do during the week. Why not make a note of things you need to do each day and go step-by-step? |
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Have you heard of something like the Joy Workout? It was created by Kelly McGonigal, a psychologist fascinated by the science of emotion. There are six joy moves: reach, sway, bounce, shake, jump for joy and celebrate. Try it out! |
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Some believe that it is one of the greatest innovations humankind has ever witnessed so far, while others like imagining a scary future where all-potent robots rule the planet, supplanting people not only in the job force but in all paces of life. Type “AI writing tools” or “AI translation tools” on Google’s search bar and you will see countless articles on how these tools are capable of generating and translating content at one fell swoop. Translators; editors; linguists; content producers - is it really necessary to ring alarm bells for a war against technology? Is the involvement of the human mind still non-negotiable? |
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Ollang's Green Keeps Growing |
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“We started this year with Ollang translators active in 18 countries and as of August in the same year our translators spread across 47 countries all over the world. You all joined us in this journey and became an inseparable part of Ollang and helped us tell so many beautiful stories to audiences worldwide,” wrote Sarah Khan, Ollang's People and Culture Specialist. It cannot be said better. Let’s continue breaking the borders together! |
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| "They’ve got you all wrong. They think you’re a trick, a cheat sheet for fancy words, a way of counterfeiting cleverness. Or they’ll treat you as a mere lexical resource. A vocabulary expander. … But that’s not how, or when, to use you. That’s not who you are. You, my friend, are a vision." An Atlantic article, by James Parker An Ode to My Thesaurus
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At the helm of this newsletter sits Burcu Uluçay, the Content Writer & Storyteller of Ollangers. Find me at [email protected] |
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