One of my goals for this quarter is to make better use of LinkedIn; I feel like it's an underutilized tool for freelancers, and I want to explore its usefulness for my own purposes and for some students who've asked me about it. But here's a fundamental question about your LinkedIn presence: how do … [Read more...] about LinkedIn connections: what’s your strategy?
RSS feed is fixed
Not earthshaking news unless you've been trying to subscribe to this blog by RSS, but the RSS feed issue is fixed. Subscribing by Feedly or wherever you get fine RSS feeds will now work. Thanks to the couple of readers who nagged me (in a very good-natured way!) until I finally got my web guy to … [Read more...] about RSS feed is fixed
Books about translation and writing
Thanks to reader Paul Froese for suggesting this topic; Paul e-mailed me, asking about textbooks that might help one become a better translator, or that might be helpful to beginning translators. Paul referenced the free translation course that's available from logos.it, and wondered whether there … [Read more...] about Books about translation and writing
Speaking of Translation: translating outside the box
Eve Bodeux and I just released a new episode of our podcast, Speaking of Translation; here it is! We are also on iTunes if you'd like to subscribe to us there. In this episode, Eve and Corinne discuss how to identify, market to, and successfully work in non-traditional translation … [Read more...] about Speaking of Translation: translating outside the box
Networking skills webinar with Eve Bodeux: tomorrow!
The ATA webinar series is going strong, and next up (tomorrow, Tuesday 10/4) is Killer networking skills for language industry professionals, with my friend and colleague (and ATA French Language Division administrator) Eve Bodeux. As Eve comments in the webinar intro material, we all know that … [Read more...] about Networking skills webinar with Eve Bodeux: tomorrow!