Lately, I've been thinking about how different clients serve different purposes in my client portfolio, which is something I enjoy. Let's take a look at how this might help you create a more robust and diverse client base. If you prefer a relatively homogeneous client portfolio, where your … [Read more...] about Different clients for different purposes

This week, let's talk about how to deal with colleagues who criticize you or your work; a situation that's probably happened to all of us at one point. Here are a few comments I've received from newsletter readers in recent months: -I work with an interpreter whose A language is my B language. … [Read more...] about Dealing with colleagues who criticize you or your work

This week, let's talk about whether, as translators and interpreters, we should fear AI or embrace it, or some of both? Or something else! I have a lot of random and conflicting thoughts on these questions, but here's an attempt at something coherent! In the past couple of months, I've … [Read more...] about Should translators and interpreters fear AI, or embrace it?

Let's talk about the feeling that "it's too late" to make progress on your freelance goals. Here's how this shows up in my own freelance career, and when I talk to other freelancers: Here's the truth: I've actually found multiple advantages to pursuing long-delayed freelance goals. First, … [Read more...] about “It’s too late!”…and other unhelpful things we tell ourselves