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Most Read Articles of 2024

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This is the list of my most read articles of last year.

Enjoy!

2023: A Banner Year | Blog de company

What Does A Translator Do? | Blog de company

A Dreamer With A Plan | Blog de company

Only English In The Classroom? | Blog de company

TIPS FOR JOB SEEKERS: Tough Interview Questions | Blog de company

Tips For Job seekers: Interview Questions | Blog de company

Why Start English is Your Go-To Partner for Corporate Language Training | Blog de company

Search Engines vs Artificial Intelligence | Blog de company

Stats about content creation that very few people are talking about | Blog de company

Do you think AI tools will take over most SEO tasks in the future? | Blog de company

The Most In-Demand Jobs on LinkedIn Right Now | Blog de company

Unveiling the Power of Off-Page SEO: A Journey Beyond the Website | Blog de company

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For the new year I want: more sleep, more music, more tea, more books, more sunsets, more happy encounters, more creating, more strolls on the beach, more jokes, more laughter, more dreaming, more fun, more love, more peace.

And let us not overlook the fact that a bike ride is truly unparalleled, except perhaps for a leisurely stroll amidst the ethereal beauty of the clouds.

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Most Read Articles of 2024: Do you think AI tools will take over most SEO tasks in the future?

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Do you think AI tools will take over most SEO tasks in the future?

I have found this question on LinkedIn.

AI technologies will undoubtedly still have a significant impact on SEO in the future, but it’s improbable that they will entirely replace human SEO experts.

Read the full article: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2024/02/19/do-you-think-ai-tools-will-take-over-most-seo-tasks-in-the-future/

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✨Hi, I am Iulia,
#Englishcoach, #copywriter #editor #proofreader #chieffairytalerofficer #jobhelper #journalist

💥Your friendly teacher of all things under the sun: legalese, business, finance, marketing, copywriting, and creative writing.
💥We can work together to craft your personalized content, polish your English-speaking skills, and secure your place in the sun.
⚡️Without excellent English, there’s no path forward!

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For Our German Readers: Most Read Articles of 2024!

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Search Engines vs Artificial Intelligence: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2024/04/29/search-engines-vs-artificial-intelligence/

Suchmaschinen vs Künstliche Intelligenz

Wir leben im Informationszeitalter, das sich schnell in das Zeitalter der Entscheidungen verwandelt. Bitte lesen Sie mehr in meinem alten Artikel von 2018:Bist du ein rebellischer Schriftsteller?

Wie einfach ist es, Informationen zu finden? Wie findet man genaue Informationen? Sagen wir mal, seit zwei Jahrzehnten benutze ich Google und präzise Schlüsselwörter, um Informationen zu finden. Das beste Beispiel für mich war, als ich ein bestimmtes Lied fand, das ich vom Soundtrack eines Films liebte, und ich die Schlüsselwörter auf YouTube eingab.

In letzter Zeit habe ich mit der KI experimentiert und an einer Konferenz bei Esxence in Mailand über die KI und die Kunst der Parfümerie teilgenommen. Bitte lesen Sie meinen Bericht auf Fragrantica.com: ESXENCE 2024: Tag der Parfümkunst mit Künstlicher Intelligenz.

Während meiner Erkundungen fragte ich mich, ob wir es aus der Sicht der Suchmaschinen und der KI mit einer Revolution zu tun haben, da viele Menschen auch berichten, dass sie KI-Lösungen nutzen, um relevante Informationen zu finden.

Meiner Meinung nach, und wie ich in meinem Bericht für Fragrantica erwähnt habe, überprüfe ich IMMER meine von der KI gewonnenen Erkenntnisse.

Wenn wir uns die Daten ansehen, hatte OpenAI laut Similar Web im Januar 2024 mehr Besucher als Google.

Schlussfolgerungen
Aus der Sicht der Suchmaschinenoptimierung ändert sich das Spiel erneut, wobei KI der Hauptveränderer ist. Nie ein langweiliger Tag für uns, SEO-Wissenschaftler. Wohin führt das? Was ist die Indexierungsstrategie der KI für Ihre Website?

Bitte schauen Sie sich das Video an: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cyaP2TYf4Q

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Möchten Sie Ihr Englisch sprechen auf das nächste Level bringen? Egal, ob es darum geht, diese Unternehmenspräsentationen zu meistern, Vorstellungsgespräche zu bestehen oder jede öffentliche Redesituation zu meistern, ich bin hier, um dir zu helfen, zu glänzen! Lass uns gemeinsam dein volles Potenzial entfalten! Außerdem bin ich ein menschenzentrierter Texter und Autor, der über Gefühle, Düfte und unternehmerische Freiheit schreibt.

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💆Wir können zusammenarbeiten, um deine personalisierten Inhalte zu erstellen, deine Englischkenntnisse zu verbessern und deinen Platz im Rampenlicht zu sichern.

✨Ohne ausgezeichnetes Englisch gibt es keinen Weg nach vorne!✨

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What Does A Translator Do?

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🔔“Translation is something of the runt of the literary litter, more often perceived as grunt work than art work,” Max Norman writes. “Its practitioners have rarely received attention for anything other than screwing up.” In the United States, it’s estimated that about 3% of books published annually are translations. But translators are increasingly visible in the public sphere.

Inspired by The New Yorker

💆I have been a translator for almost 25 years. I have translated a wide range of topics, including business, architecture, technical books, articles, laws, contracts, and poetry, but my primary area of expertise is legal translations.
Nonetheless, what I mostly do is transcreation. 

🔔What is transcreation?
Transcreation is a term coined from the words “translation” and “creation”, and a concept used in the field of translation studies to describe the process of adapting a message from one language to another, while maintaining its intent, style, tone, and context. A successfully transcreated message evokes the same emotions and carries the same implications in the target language as it does in the source language.

💆Translating is like swimming. At least for me. It can be a bit risky, but it’s manageable if you know the right moves, the right words, and the right structure. It becomes pleasurable. I like translating, and I have a passion for new and old words and their etymology.

💆With so much experience, I do not do extensive research anymore before translating.
I have compiled a glossary of the most challenging terms I have encountered.

✨Nevertheless, I check all the new terms (if there are any) in dictionaries and specialty documents. That is the lengthiest task when it comes to translations. 

💸Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be useful, but it cannot understand the specialized vocabulary used in the corporate, legal, financial, and railway industries.

💆I perpetually use three dictionaries: the Cambridge dictionary, Black’s Law Dictionary, and an etymology dictionary. 

✨We have a lovely translation offer for companies! Check it out: 🔔ABONAMENT DE CURSURI ȘI TRADUCERI PENTRU COMPANII❗️
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👋Hi, I am Iulia,
Legal English Trainer | SEO Copywriter | Helping Lawyers Master English for Global Wins | Founder @ Start English | Empowering Global Legal Pros with Badass English & SEO Mastery

💆Your friendly teacher of all things under the sun: legalese, business, finance, marketing, copywriting, and creative writing.

💆We can work together to craft your personalized content, polish your English-speaking skills, and secure your place in the sun.

✨Without excellent English, there’s no path forward!

The Economist’s word of the year

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The Economist’s word of the year for 2024
“The Greeks knew how to talk about politics and power”

The word of the year that the Economist settled on is kakistocracy: the rule of the worst.

“government by the worst element of a society,” 1829, coined (by Thomas Love Peacock) on analogy of its opposite, aristocracy, from Greek kakistos “worst,” superlative of kakos “bad” + -cracy. Perhaps the closest word in ancient Greek was kakonomia “a bad system of laws and government,” hence kakonomos “with bad laws, ill-governed.” – from www.etymonline.com

This is far from an ancient word, at least in English; indeed, it appears to be an antonym created to counter aristocracy. The earliest known use of kakistocracy was in the 1820s. The OED cites evidence for it from 1829, in the writing of Thomas Love Peacock, satirical novelist and poet.

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The Best Writing Tip/ Der beste Schreib-Tipp

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❤️For our German readers

Hier ist der beste Schreib-Tipp, den ich kenne.

Bevor du etwas sendest oder teilst, lies es laut vor. Dies gilt für E-Mails, Social-Media-Beiträge, Artikel und sogar Textnachrichten, sofern sie als wichtig erachtet werden.

Es laut vorzulesen, als ob man einer Gruppe von Menschen eine Geschichte erzählt, ist der Schlüssel. Als ich früher meine Texte laut las, murmelte ich sie und verwendete nicht den passenden Ton oder die richtige Geschwindigkeit. Ich würde immer Dinge vergessen, und einige Teile würden immer noch schlecht klingen.

Ich habe damit in meinen frühen Schreibtagen angefangen. Überraschenderweise begann ich mit Poesie, und unsicher in meinen Fähigkeiten, ging ich kalkulierte Risiken ein, um sie zu verbessern. Es hat wie ein Zauber gewirkt.

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👋Hallo, Ich bin Iulia,

#Englischtrainer, #Texter #Lektor #Korrektor #Hauptmärchenoffizier #Jobhelfer #Journalist

💆Ihr freundlicher Lehrer für alles, was unter der Sonne liegt: Juristendeutsch, Wirtschaft, Finanzen, Marketing, Copywriting und kreatives Schreiben.

💆Wir können zusammenarbeiten, um deine personalisierten Inhalte zu erstellen, deine Englischkenntnisse zu verbessern und deinen Platz im Rampenlicht zu sichern.

✨Ohne ausgezeichnetes Englisch gibt es keinen Weg nach vorne!✨

✨Schau dir meinen YouTube-Kanal an: https://www.youtube.com/@iuliahalatz6344

PS: Wenn Sie mit mir arbeiten möchten, eine kostenlose erste Sitzung buchen oder mir eine Frage stellen möchten, fügen Sie bitte eine Notiz in Ihre Verbindungsanfrage ein.

Only English In The Classroom?

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🔔Only English in the classroom?

💆Yes, I also have international students with whom I don’t share a common language.

💆My students are never struggling with understanding, as I am willing to explain any concepts and terms in a simpler way.

❤️The greatest compliment I have received from my students is about making them learn English without being aware that they were learning anything. The struggle was nil.

✨That is the power of conversation ONLY in English!

💸Nevertheless, I make sure that the learning also happens outside the classroom by sending my students:
➡️The follow up sheet after every session.
➡️Videos made by me about a variety of topics, including grammar themes, trending news, the global economy, new English vocabulary, and essential economic concepts.
➡️Articles and books from my digital library that I have built in 20 years of teaching.

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👋Hi, I am Iulia,
#Englishcoach, #copywriter #editor #proofreader #chieffairytalerofficer #translator #journalist

💆Your friendly teacher of all things under the sun: legalese, business, finance, marketing, copywriting, and creative writing.

💆We can work together to craft your personalized content, polish your English-speaking skills, and secure your place in the sun.

✨Without excellent English, there’s no path forward!

✨Check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@iuliahalatz6344

✨PS: If you want to work with me, book a preliminary free session, or ask me a question, please include a note in your connection request.

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The Article in German: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2024/12/04/only-english-in-the-classroom-nur-englisch-im-klassenzimmer/

The Article in Spanish: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2025/01/06/only-english-in-the-classroom-solo-ingles-en-el-aula/

The Article in Dutch: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2025/05/09/only-english-in-the-classroom-alleen-engels-in-de-klas/.

The article in Greek: https://blog.seocopywriting.ro/2024/12/10/only-english-in-the-classroom-%ce%bc%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%bf-%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b3%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ac-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%cf%84%ce%ac%ce%be%ce%b7/

The Best Writing Tip

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Here is the best writing tip I know.

Before you send or share something, read it out loud. This applies to emails, social media posts, articles, and even text messages, provided they are deemed important.

Reading it out loud as if you were telling a story to a group of people is the key. When I used to read my writing aloud, I would mumble it and not use the appropriate tone or speed. I would always forget things, and some parts would still sound bad. 

I started doing this in my early days of writing. Surprisingly, I began with poetry, and unsure of my abilities, I took calculated risks to enhance it. It worked like a charm. 

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Hi, I am Iulia,
#Englishcoach, #copywriter #editor #proofreader #chieffairytalerofficer #jobhelper #journalist

Your friendly teacher of all things under the sun: legalese, business, finance, marketing, copywriting, and creative writing.

We can work together to craft your personalized content, polish your English-speaking skills, and secure your place in the sun.

Without excellent English, there’s no path forward!

PS: If you want to work with me, book a preliminary free session, or ask me a question, please include a note in your connection request.

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About Me

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👋Hi, I’m Iulia and I do not like to talk about myself.

❤️Here’s a little intro as I have never done that before.

💆I started my coaching business in 2012. Since then I had thousands of students and met some of the most fascinating people in the world. I am very grateful for that.

👀I am very independent and like to keep my life private.

💚I have 3 stepdaughters who sometimes call me “mother-of-dragons”🐉.

✈️Thanks to freelancing, I started remote work way before the pandemic, and I write and teach on the go. Some of my most beautiful articles were written on the beach.

🏪Only after I became city councillor did I realize that my greatest strength is public speaking and rhetoric.

💸I niched down a bit and I write fragrance and legal business news articles and SEO blogs.

✏️In 2012, during a period of significant challenges, I began writing by combining words into poems. Since then, two anthologies have published my writings.

💟Writing is my medicine in times of adversity.

Fun facts:
🎵 I took piano lessons a long time ago.
🚲I’m a big-time cyclist and roller-skater⛸. I have developed the habit of gracefully falling with minor injuries.
🦋I have a rare phobia, Lepidopterophobia (fear of butterflies and moths), but I like snakes 🐍.
📚I’ve always loved geometry, reading, and teaching.
🥐Even though I’m an awful cook, I still put in the time and effort to make elaborate dinners for Easter and Christmas.

Your turn! Would love to hear a fun fact about you too 😀💜.

This photo was taken in the Bucegi mountains and it is probably one of my best.

Writing Tips

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I have been asked to write more about copywriting and developing writings skills.

Plese read https://www.quora.com/profile/Iulia-Halatz/Writing-Prompts-That-Work-For-Me-Write-as-if-your-life-depends-on-it-On-first-impression-writing-is-an-activity-like

How I started writing

Storytelling is never easy. It was easier for me as I have formal training. 
But I started writing later in my life. 

First and foremost, you must love writing and enjoy the soft caress of your story. My stories come in waves. Whenever I start writing, I feel like living in the story I am building. 
How do you do that? 
In the initial stage of my writing life, whenever I did not know what to write and how to write, I used to describe paintings. Why?
Because painters do not describe feelings, they create sentiments. Therefore, in front of a beautiful painting, I attempt to replicate the artist’s intent through my own words.
For example, I wrote a poem, “My name is green,” while looking at a Van Gogh painting.

But you can never be a good writer unless you are a passionate reader. Words create magic in the pen of astonishing writers. Education is necessary to master this power, unless you’re Shakespeare.

Nevertheless, I write for pleasure and profit. 
What could I do to make your writer’s life easier?

Are there processes, guidance, or tools you have in place to help your clients understand a wider context for your work? Or anything you would like to add to make their lives easier?

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Hi, I am Iulia,
#Englishcoach, #copywriter #editor #proofreader #chieffairytalerofficer #jobhelper

Your friendly teacher of all things under the sun: legalese, business, finance, marketing, copywriting, and creative writing. 
We can work together to craft your personalized content, polish your English-speaking skills, and ensure your place in the sun. 
Without excellent English, there’s no path forward!

PS: If you want to work with me, book a preliminary free session, or ask me a question, please leave me a comment.

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