I've now been using my treadmill desk for about six weeks, and the concise update is that I love it. I find it easy to work at and much more pleasant than sitting in a chair all day, and I've also found that I can do almost all of my translation and related work while on the treadmill. Here are a … [Read more...] about Treadmill desk update
Update on tags in OmegaT
A while ago, I wrote about both my love of the free and open source translation environment tool OmegaT and my frustration with tags in OmegaT. Since then, I've found that the easiest solution, as long as the document doesn't contain complex formatting, is to save the document as plain text, then … [Read more...] about Update on tags in OmegaT
Break on through: some more tips
People posted such great suggestions in the Comments section for Break on Through that I think they deserve their own post. Jill Sommer made a number of really helpful points. First, I should have clarified in the post that although working as an FBI Contract Linguist was the job that allowed me to … [Read more...] about Break on through: some more tips
Break on through
In the past month I've been contacted by several translators who are at what I think of as the "make or break" phase of freelancing. They have a fair amount of work and their clients seem pleased with their translations, but they are not yet at the level of income and work volume where they would … [Read more...] about Break on through
An interesting post on client solvency
I've been handling a string of rush jobs today, but here is a link to Masked Translator's excellent new post, When your client goes bankrupt. The information on bankruptcy is very helpful (this was also discussed in a recent ATA Chronicle article) and there is also some very good general information … [Read more...] about An interesting post on client solvency