Alida Viljoen (@alidaviljoen) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: November 24th, 2016
Location: Knysna
Job Title: Publisher, web content manager
Employer: Fantasi Books
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Bio

I do editing and translation on a daily basis as part of my job. I’ve translated and edited many published children’s books since I started in this industry in 2013. One thing I’ve learned: If you don’t use a dictionary when translating or editing, you’re not a proper translator or editor.

Tea, social media, reading, writing and basic layout design fill up the rest of my work day.

On weekends, I enjoy Parkruns, reading some more, watching series or films, camping, hiking, geocaching, catching up with my handful of friends, or just spending some quiet time watching the ocean.

Interests

Books, words, hiking trails, history, music, trees, the arts, road trips, clouds, tea, my Instagram-addiction, beautiful blog themes, nature conservation, my pets, travel, culture, movies, trivia.

WordPress Origin Story

When my typing speed finally exceeded my writing speed, I decided to start a private/hidden blog in stead of writing in a journal (as I’ve been doing since Christmas 2000 when I got a “lock-up diary” from my gran). I soon switched from the blogging platform I was on to WP, after reading about WP on a website I’ve long since forgotten. I loved how easy it was with WP.
I’ve had and deleted about eight wordpress.com blogs since then; I currently only have one (a tiny portfolio).

However, the real addiction started when I switched jobs in 2013 and my new employer’s website was a red-yellow-and-blue mess of basic HTML, Times New Roman and too many errors. I asked to switch to WordPress and the rest is history …

/wp-admin/ for life! 🙂

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