Whatever your opinion of Trados Studio--read about my own change of heart about it here--I think we can all agree that it takes a while to learn to use. In the words of an SDL staffer, just as professionals in other industries don't expect to learn Photoshop, Quark Xpress or InDesign in an hour, … [Read more...] about Book review: Mats Linder's Trados Studio Manual
Some coffee break links
First, check out the best article I've read on New Year's goal-setting for freelancers: Walt Kania of The Freelancery on How to have a damn good year: advice from the renegade roundtable. Second, although I usually think of myself as too nerdy to "rock" anything, I've been selected as a person who … [Read more...] about Some coffee break links
Freelance frugality, revisited
Back in 2009, I wrote a post about living the frugal life as a freelancer (for technical reasons, this post is no longer available). Nearly three years later, I'm still quite frugal but with some new observations, so I thought this topic was worth revisiting. … [Read more...] about Freelance frugality, revisited
Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course, Getting Started as a Freelance Translator, starts on February 13. You can read the complete description or register for the course here. All of the course sessions for the past six months have filled up before the start date, so please register early if you'd … [Read more...] about Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
Adventures in co-working
After almost a decade of working from home and (mostly) loving it, at some point in 2012 something really changed for me. Fairly suddenly, I started feeling more trapped than liberated in my home office, and feeling like it was hard to carve out uninterrupted work time amid the myriad of household … [Read more...] about Adventures in co-working