I'm not normally one to talk about personal topics on my blog, but a few people e-mailed me about my last post, asking how the Thoughts on Translation household lives so cheaply. Given that financial management is an important part of making it as a freelancer, I thought that this question merited … [Read more...] about OT: Freelance frugality
Dealing with job stress
As job stress goes, translators seem to fall somewhere between anesthesiologists and air traffic controllers (most stressed-out) and florists and historians (least stressed-out). Still, dealing with job stress is a big issue because it has a dramatic effect on both your enjoyment of your job and on … [Read more...] about Dealing with job stress
The elusive Mr. Driver's License
This one will probably make the rounds as fast as the Welsh roadsign/autoresponder, but today's post on Language Log has a wonderful and humorous warning about the dangers of monolingualism. The BBC News reports that Irish police have been frantically hunting for one "Prawo Jazdy," a Polish man who … [Read more...] about The elusive Mr. Driver's License
Using Facebook friend lists
Social networking websites are becoming a crucial arrow in a freelance translator's quiver of marketing tools, and it's important to decide how to use these tools wisely. When I entered the social networking world, I decided (somewhat arbitrarily) to use Facebook for friends and family and LinkedIn … [Read more...] about Using Facebook friend lists
New and interesting on the web
If you're looking for some coffee-break reading today, you might want to click on over to: Masked Translator's post Freaking out about the economy, which made me laugh out loud and is a nice complement to Get Rich Slowly's The national economy versus your personal economy. These posts both drive … [Read more...] about New and interesting on the web