Shockingly enough, June 30, and with it the end of the second quarter of 2012, is on Saturday. It's a great time of year to evaluate your progress on your 2012 goals, while you still have six months left before December 31. Before you panic and refuse to think about any goals at all, give yourself … [Read more...] about Goals for 2012: are you halfway there?
Speaking of Translation call recording
On June 13, Eve Bodeux and I broadcast the latest installment in our series of Speaking of Translation conference calls. This call focused on "taking your freelance business on the road," and we talked about issues related to working while you're in another country for an extended period of time. … [Read more...] about Speaking of Translation call recording
Using Gmail with your own domain
Do you ever read The Meh List (subtitle: Not Hot, Not Not, Just Meh) in the New York Times Magazine's One Page Magazine feature? Well, if I were assembling a Meh List for the translation industry, "Translators who own their own domain but still use a Gmail address" would definitely be on it. I … [Read more...] about Using Gmail with your own domain
Speaking of Translation call: freelancing on the road
Next Wednesday, June 13, at 12:00 noon New York time, Eve Bodeux and I will be hosting our next Speaking of Translation conference call. This time we'll be talking about freelance sabbaticals (and extended vacations) abroad and how to manage your business on the road. These calls are a continuation … [Read more...] about Speaking of Translation call: freelancing on the road
Some thoughts on saturated markets
There are a lot of disparities within the translation and interpreting industry, and one of those is the difference between language pairs/specializations that are fairly rare versus those that are fairly saturated. In this post I'll both offer and request advice, since I often have students in my … [Read more...] about Some thoughts on saturated markets