{"id":992,"date":"2019-08-30T08:26:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T07:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=992"},"modified":"2020-10-28T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:01:57","slug":"behind-the-screen-ronald-erlandsson-klein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=992&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Behind the screen: Ronald Erlandsson-Klein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: Ronald Erlandsson-Klein, Managing Director<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What are the most difficult words to translate?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Sweden, everyone seems to be using the word \u201clagom\u201d right now, as it\u2019s just the right word to describe when things are just right. Translating this Goldilocks concept correctly in all its possible contexts requires no small portion of wit and eloquence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What is your preferred workspace like?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solid wood panelling and a view out onto the Garden of Eden \u00adare ideal for maintaining concentration and composure \u2013 both of which make child\u2019s play of project managing the rising tide of jobs that need to be turned around within 24 hours; they also melt away any lingering reservations regarding a customer\u2019s quirkier needs. It\u2019s the kind of environment that makes late-night correspondence with Australian customers much more agreeable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What do you like most about your job?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One particularly appealing aspect of being a project manager is making the seemingly impossible possible \u2013 whether by delivering huge volumes of text to ridiculously tight deadlines or by arranging a translation into exotic languages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dogs or cats?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve become a cat person; I admire cats\u2019 ability to keep themselves entertained for longer stretches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Audiobook or paperback?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I don\u2019t have much time for either. News magazines (which I mostly, but not always, read online) are the right sort of length for me. But once a year, when I\u2019m on holiday, I like to immerse myself in a nice thick paperback.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tea or coffee?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both: one after the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago \u2013 has it been that long already? \u2013 we ran a series of short interviews with the people at the heart of Klein Wolf Peters. Now it\u2019s time to hear from them again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[373,374,375,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}