This post originally appeared as a newsletter to my mailing list; I'm reprinting it here while taking some time off from blogging this summer! Lots of us have heard the advice that "it's time to move up in the translation market," in response to changes in our industry brought about by--among … [Read more...] about How to move up in the translation market
Next session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on September 6, and the Early Bird rate ($380) is coming up on August 15. Like all of my courses, GSFT runs for four weeks, is fully online, and includes lots of individual attention. It's open to translators in … [Read more...] about Next session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
Tips for frustrated literary translators
This post was originally published as a newsletter to my mailing list. An unusually large number of readers told me that they benefited from it, so I'm re-publishing it here while I'm on vacation. It's book prize season, the time of year when many of us admire, or even envy, our colleagues like … [Read more...] about Tips for frustrated literary translators
Health insurance for freelancers–regardless of your political views
If you're a US-based freelancer, you've probably been tracking the congressional health insurance negotiations fairly closely. Regardless of your political views, health insurance is a huge issue for freelancers in the US. The reality is that there are people who cannot be freelancers if they cannot … [Read more...] about Health insurance for freelancers–regardless of your political views
Babelcube: One translator’s experience
This is a guest post by Ligia Ribeiro. Ligia is Brazilian, lives in in São Paulo and is a freelance translator working from English and Spanish into Brazilian Portuguese. In this post, Ligia describes her experience working as a literary translator through Babelcube, a website that matches authors … [Read more...] about Babelcube: One translator’s experience