My name is Michelle Benaim, and I'm a writer and an editor.
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Mi nombre es Michelle Benaim. Soy escritora y editora de profesión.

Translations / Traducciones

Translations / Traducciones

Translation is simple nowadays, right? Surely Babelfish and English-Spanish dictionaries make the whole thing a breeze? Wrong. As writer Paul Valéry famously says, “Fidelity to meaning alone in translation is a kind of betrayal.” Translation is indeed problematic when full and native familiarity with linguistic customs that encompasses every element,...
Re-imagine your Résumé / Reinventa tu CV

Re-imagine your Résumé / Reinventa tu CV

Résumés and Professional Documents. Your résumé should clearly and rapidly communicate your professional strengths and capabilities. It must balance conciseness with the ability to convey your unique qualities. Perfecting your résumé is an investment in the advancement of your career. The services offered below are designed to help clients reach their professional goals,...
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Idea Fund Grantees announced

Idea Fund Grantees announced

The Idea Fund has just announced its 2012 grantee list this morning. What is the Idea fund? you ask? In their own about-ness: The Idea Fund provides cash awards to up to 10 artists, associations of artists and/or curators that create and showcase new work that involves the public via process, production, or presentation. The...
A Nod on NSIDE Magazine - Do512 All Stars

A Nod on NSIDE Magazine – Do512 All Stars

The Austin edition of NSIDE magazine partnered with the folks (or with the ladies, really) of Do512.com, an events website, to publish a special interview series with “Do 512 All-Stars.” We were thrilled to be asked to be a part of it this time around, and to get a chance to talk about some of...
Gopher Magazine profiled in Tribeza

Gopher Magazine profiled in Tribeza

Gopher Illustrated, the magazine I edit along with the inimitable Lope Gutiérrez-Ruiz, and which is designed over at In House, was profiled in Tribeza’s “Design Issue.” The Austin-based magazine decided to devote its entire November edition to Design (of the graphic sort), and featured great local talents and studios like Ryan Rhodes, Chris Helms, FBA...
Teleportal x Gopher Mag hold first Teleportal Reading in Translation

Teleportal x Gopher Mag hold first Teleportal Reading in Translation

Leo Felipe Campos from Teleportal Readings on Vimeo Check out my translation of Leo Campos’ story “Marlboro Light” in the subtitles. The incredible animation work is by Mac N’ Cheez for Total Unicorn  
Featured on @brainpickings SXSW Photo Interview

Featured on @brainpickings SXSW Photo Interview

The lovely Maria Popova (aka ‘Brainpicker’) and I met up during SXSW earlier this year and she invited me to participate in a photo-project-interview titled “5 Questions for SXSW 2011.” The premise, as she describes it, reads: We went to SXSW 2011 and asked 8 interesting people 5 questions about technology, innovation and the information...