This link deserves its own post: over at Musings from an Overworked Translator, Jill Sommer has an incredibly useful post on job-hunting advice for beginning translators. Jill offers some great tips, and there are yet more ideas in the comments. Definitely give it a look! … [Read more...] about Must-read: advice for new translators
Free Q&A conference call
On Wednesday, January 25 at 12 noon US Eastern/New York Time (you can use The World Clock to convert to your time zone), Eve Bodeux, Michelle Bradley and I will be doing a free half-hour question and answer conference call about translation and the business of translation. You can connect to the … [Read more...] about Free Q&A conference call
My favorite mistake
No, not the Sheryl Crow song, the Newsweek/Daily Beast Column. Maybe I just love reading about other people's mistakes, but the last-page "My Favorite Mistake" essay is my favorite part of the redesigned Newsweek. Written by famous people of various flavors, these columns just reinforce the fact … [Read more...] about My favorite mistake
Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course "Getting Started as a Freelance Translator" starts on Wednesday, January 25. This is a four-week "quick start" session for any new translators who want to get a jump on their business goals for 2012. During the session, we focus on four assignments: a … [Read more...] about Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
Off-topic: a few Costa Rica pictures
School is already out for winter break here in Colorado, and my brain is slowly winding down for the year! So, at the request of a few readers, I thought I'd post some pictures of my recent trip to Costa Rica. As with my post about llama trekking and sugar skulls, the only larger point here is to … [Read more...] about Off-topic: a few Costa Rica pictures