What direct clients want: From a Marketing Director鈥檚 perspective
By听Daniela Guanipa A lot has been said about the complexities of setting up shop as freelancers and whether to work with agencies or direct…
Century College Translating and Interpreting Certificate/AA: A Day in the Life
By Kristen Mages If you fall into the vast majority of the population, you may never have heard of Century College in White Bear…
Technology Considerations for Beginning Translators
By Tommy Tomolonis Translators are expected to fulfill many roles in today鈥檚 market. In addition to being linguistic experts, translators are also expected to…
Direct clients鈥 the freelancer鈥檚 dream
By Helen Eby We all want to work with direct clients鈥 or say we do. Why? I have heard many translators wish they could…
Business Smarts: Fluctuating Workloads
One of the most daunting questions for freelancers – and more so for freelancers-to-be! – is how to handle workload fluctuations.听In this great post…
An Invitation: A Day in the Life
As you may have noticed, the ATA Savvy Newcomer blog will be running a series in the coming months on the many options for…
The Hidden Part of the Job
By Giovanna Lester听 In my marketing workshops I discuss a subject I call 鈥淎natomy of a Project.鈥 The focus is on the immediate interaction…
Kent State University: A Day in the Life
The Program Kent State University鈥檚 Department of Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies听is home to an active and vibrant translation department boasting bachelor鈥檚,…
Nice Interpreter!
By Judy and Dagmar Jenner Reblogged from Translation Times with permission from the authors Today’s post is about the importance of being, well, nice.…
Bilingualism – Part III
In this third and final part of the听series about Bilingualism, Eta Trabing discusses what it really means to be a “professional”, some of the…
ATA Divisions: Providing Homes for all Translators
By Lucy Gunderson, CT Administrator of the Slavic Languages Division Getting involved in an organization like the 情侣自拍 can be an intimidating…
Bilingualism – Part II
Today we continue with Part II of this fascinating journey through bilingualism. In this issue, our guest author, Eta Trabing, provides some tips to…