The next session of my online course Beyond the Basics of Freelancing starts Wednesday (August 19) and I have two spots left. This is one of my full-featured, flagship courses (along with Getting Started as a Freelance Translator), and it runs for four weeks. It’s designed for experienced translators who want to earn more money, […]
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It’s that time again, and the American Translators Association’s 56th annual conference is open for registration! We’ll be meeting from November 4-7 in sunny Miami, Florida, and the program looks fantastic. We received a huge number of session proposals for the 175 slots this year, which is usually an indicator of a well-attended conference (last […]
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I don’t read much for pleasure and we don’t have broadcast TV, so I’ve become kind of a podcast addict. I use podcasts to bribe myself to go to the gym (here’s a Freakonomics podcast on temptation bundling, if you’re interested in that technique), my family listens to podcasts when we’re driving to go skiing […]
Continue ReadingGetting Started as a Freelance Translator: starts April 1
The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on April 1, and registrations are starting to roll in. This is a four-week online course for beginning translators (in any language combination) who want to launch and run a successful freelance business. I take a maximum of ten students per […]
Continue ReadingThe three phases of freelancing
This is more of a food-for-thought post than a helpful hints post, and please feel free to add your thoughts in the comments! In working with the students in my online courses and talking to other translators who have been in the business longer than I have, I’ve developed a theory about the three phases […]
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