This morning, Eve Bodeux and I (in our incarnation as Speaking of Translation) did an interview with superstar translator Chris Durban, focusing on her tips for working with direct clients. Whether you're just testing the direct client waters or you've been in the direct client market for a while, … [Read more...] about Working with direct clients: tips from Chris Durban
Vacation recovery: library arrest
The Thoughts on Translation household recently returned from a great vacation; a 337 mile bike ride across our home state of Colorado, finishing with a camping trip in Dinosaur National Monument. This vacation was 100% unplugged (a concept that I wrote about last summer): no Internet or cell phone … [Read more...] about Vacation recovery: library arrest
ProZ podcast interview
Romina Bona of ProZ prepared a very nice podcast interview with me and it's online today. The interview talks a bit about the new edition of my book and also includes some of my tips for beginning freelancers, based on my experiences starting my own freelance business. Thanks to Romina for these … [Read more...] about ProZ podcast interview
A few random updates
Thoughts on Translation is winding down for vacation, and will be on hiatus until mid-July. A few updates on previously-mentioned issues: Back in March I wrote a post about options for home office phone service. I switched my office line to Vonage Lite (since discontinued by Vonage and repackaged … [Read more...] about A few random updates
Book launch webinar is Friday; online course coming up
This Friday (June 24) at 9 AM Mountain (Denver) time, Eve Bodeux and I are going to do a question and answer webinar about the second edition of my book, How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator. The webinar is free, and we'll be raffling off two copies of the book as well. Hope to see some readers … [Read more...] about Book launch webinar is Friday; online course coming up