8 Skills you Must Have to Succeed as a Freelance Translator—and How to Get Them
ByÌýTess Whitty Reblogged from Marketing Tips for Translators blog with permission from the author (including the image) Having been a freelance translator for over…
15 tips on how to increase your chances when contacting translation companies
ByÌýRiccardo Schiaffino Reblogged fromÌýAbout Translation blogÌýwith permission from the author Our tiny translation company does not advertise for translators, since we do most work…
11 tips for new freelance translators on the hunt for their first assignments
ByÌýNicole Y. Adams Reblogged fromÌýNYA CommunicationsÌýblogÌýwith permission from the author (including the image) A while ago a new colleague on a translators’ forum asked…
How do translators showcase their talent to translation agencies?
ByÌýGwenydd Jones Reblogged from The Translator’s Studio blog with permission from the author (including the image) Last week, Letraduct authored a post about one…
Adventures with Direct Clients—Part One
By David Friedman I have always wanted to work with direct clients, since the early stages of my translation career. I would like to…
Reading the small print
ByÌýJo Rourke Reblogged fromÌýSilver Tongue Translations blogÌýwith permission from the author (including the images) I’m not entirely sure what happened. I’m usually pretty pernickety…
Do you know your ideal customer? Creating a customer avatar for your freelance translation business
ByÌýTess Whitty Reblogged fromÌýMarketing Tips for Translators with permission from the author (including the image) The other week I interviewed Alessandra Martelli on creating…
Social Media Strategies
ByÌýCatherine Christaki Reblogged fromÌýCarol’s Adventures in Translation with permission from the authors In order to get the most out of social media, you must…
Marketing to Direct Clients
Reblogged from the ATA Business Practices. Instead of working exclusively for agencies, many translators and interpreters are discovering that working for direct clients is…
What to do when things slow down…
By Helen Eby As freelancers, we are thrilled when we get a lot of work! Then we go pretty crazy with the load, saying…
Lesson 94: 9 Negotiation mistakes every translator has been guilty of at least once
ByÌýMarta Stelmaszak Reblogged from Want WordsÌýwith permission from the author I thought it was a very relevant topic to cover because of many misconceptions…
What’s New on the Business Practices List—Confidentiality and Revision
ByÌýDavid Friedman Confidentiality is not something that you can afford to take for granted in today’s digital world, where devastating disclosures of trade secrets…