If your schedule is anything like mine, summer = all aboard the crazy train, when it comes to time management and getting things done. Between trips, kids out of school, picnics, weeding, making sure that the cat has enough of his favorite food before the house-sitter comes, AND many of my … [Read more...] about Simple time management tips to implement today
Freelancing with baby: the first year
This is a guest post by Rachel Sinn, a Spanish to English medical and pharmaceutical translator based in Colorado. I asked Rachel to write a post on her experiences managing her freelance business since giving birth to her first baby eight months ago. Specifically, Rachel has managed to juggle … [Read more...] about Freelancing with baby: the first year
An open letter to One Hour Translation: stop lifting my blog posts
Thanks very much to readers of this blog who have recently informed me about thinly-veiled rewrites of my blog posts appearing on the blog of One Hour Translation. This dates back to the summer of 2017, when OHT's CEO responded to me about this issue, blaming outsourced writers hired by OHT and … [Read more...] about An open letter to One Hour Translation: stop lifting my blog posts
What to do if your business stagnates: interview with Translators on Air
Things have been hopping here at the Thoughts on Translation world headquarters (also known as my desk in the co-working office...); I'm deep in a couple of large but enjoyable translation projects, my first translation skills class (Translation Workshop: French to English) is humming along in its … [Read more...] about What to do if your business stagnates: interview with Translators on Air
Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts Monday
The next session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator, my flagship course for aspiring and beginning translators, starts Monday. Over the past 13 years, this course has helped over 500 translators learn how to launch and run a successful freelance business; join us for four weeks of … [Read more...] about Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts Monday