Starting Monday, I'll be facilitating a four-week online course taught by translator and productivity expert Dorothee Racette: the course is Organization and Productivity for Translators. Dorothee now runs her own consulting company--appropriately named Take Back My Day--and she's been a tremendous … [Read more...] about Organization and productivity for translators: starts Monday
Survey: 2019 online courses
I'm in the process of scheduling my 2019 online course lineup, and I've prepared a short survey to get a sense of what my readers are interested in. These are courses taught by other instructors with me facilitating the administrative portion. Assuming that each class would run for about four weeks … [Read more...] about Survey: 2019 online courses
Blogging for business: Five questions to answer before you start
Blogging: it's dead! Blogging: you'll never find clients without it! Is one of these true for translators and interpreters? Both are true? Neither? Is blogging totally 2009, or should you start blogging today, if you're not doing so already? Having written this blog since 2008, I can say that … [Read more...] about Blogging for business: Five questions to answer before you start
New podcast: Translation memory tools and their use (or not)
Eve Bodeux and I just released a new episode of our podcast, Speaking of Translation. In this episode, we discuss computer-assisted translation tools. What are CAT tools? What are they useful for? When are they not useful? What flavors of CAT tools are out there for translators to choose from? How … [Read more...] about New podcast: Translation memory tools and their use (or not)
Upcoming online courses: English to Spanish legal translation; Organization and productivity
I have two brand-new online courses coming up in September; after 12+ years of offering business skills courses for translators, I decided earlier this year to branch out into other areas. The inaugural course in that vein, French to English translation workshop--taught by Michele Hansen, Judy … [Read more...] about Upcoming online courses: English to Spanish legal translation; Organization and productivity