Over the past year, I've gone through an interesting unscientific experiment in work/life balance: nine months in which almost every waking moment was consumed with work or school due to my conference interpreting graduate program, (during which I continued working part-time), and then two months of … [Read more...] about Some work/life balance observations
Following up on marketing contacts
One of the most common marketing questions I get (from beginning and experienced freelancers alike) is about followup: Should I follow up on marketing contacts?If so, how often?If so, by what method? If not, then what? My personal followup method I hate following up. There, I said it. I … [Read more...] about Following up on marketing contacts
Reporting back from a trip to Europe
I just returned from my first trip outside the US since COVID started, and thought that some readers might be interested in the logistics of traveling in the kind of-sort of-post-COVID era. Executive summary: as long as you are fully vaccinated, you research the entry requirements of the country … [Read more...] about Reporting back from a trip to Europe
MCI: Done and dusted!
As I wrote about here, and here, my lemonade-out-of-lemons project during the pandemic was doing the Glendon College/York University Master of Conference Interpreting (MCI) program, which moved online this year. It was a huge challenge and a great opportunity (more on that below), and last week I … [Read more...] about MCI: Done and dusted!
Tips for keeping up your language skills
For the past several years, since I decided to start pursuing interpreting in addition to translation, I've spent quite a bit of time keeping up my French language skills. This year, in my Master's in conference interpreting program (which you can read about here, and here), I spent a lot, lot, lot … [Read more...] about Tips for keeping up your language skills