A student in the November/December session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator commented, "I loved your class. You have an amazing depth of knowledge combined with an excellent approach to delivering it. I felt that every question I had was not only answered, but explored in more depth than … [Read more...] about Getting Started as a Freelance Translator: starts March 6
Handwritten notes: a secret business weapon
Here's an environmentally-incorrect confession: I love paper. I live in a little house, we have one car, I ride my bike to work, I'm a vegetarian, and we don't have a clothes dryer. But I'm clinging to paper with all I've got: the little house is full of paper magazines and books, I take meeting … [Read more...] about Handwritten notes: a secret business weapon
The LinkedIn “foot in the door” strategy
This is a guest post by Maryam Abdi. Maryam is a registered Somali court interpreter and the owner of Expert Somali Translations, a boutique firm offering Somali > English translations and cultural consulting services to legal and government sectors. She is the creator of Translators Academy … [Read more...] about The LinkedIn “foot in the door” strategy
Preview: Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts March 6, and registration is open now. This class tends to fill up early and is limited to 20 people, so now is a good time to sign up if you're interested. It's aimed at beginning translators who want nuts and … [Read more...] about Preview: Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
A lucrative sideline: editing for non-native speakers
This is a guest post by Karen Tkaczyk, a fellow French to English freelance translator. Karen is a specialized scientific translator, and over the years she has also built up expertise in editing English articles written by non-native speakers. Since this is something many of my students and readers … [Read more...] about A lucrative sideline: editing for non-native speakers