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Oct 05 2018
Corinne McKay

ProZ community choice awards

Thank you so much to whichever reader(s) nominated Thoughts on Translation in the “best blog about translation” category of this year’s ProZ community choice awards. If you are on ProZ and feel like voting, there’s a full slate of categories in both translation and interpreting. Congratulations to all the nominees!

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Announcements · Tagged: ProZ community choice awards

Apr 10 2017
Corinne McKay

Free webinar Wednesday: Three ways to find your first translation clients

This Wednesday (April 12), I’ll be giving a free webinar through SDL’s professional development series, on Three ways to find your first translation clients. Inspired by my blog post on the same topic, I’ll describe how to: work the local market apply to translation agencies that base their hiring only on their own tests cultivate […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Announcements, Getting started as a translator, Marketing

Jan 19 2017
Corinne McKay

Beyond the Basics of Freelancing: starts Monday

“In my opinion, the greatest occupational hazard of being a freelance translator is the “triple threat” of unfamiliarity with business practices, ways to get clients, and discouragement. This course provided me with actionable strategies to grow my translation business and was a huge motivator. It’s been worth every penny of the registration fee and then […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Announcements, Classes for translators · Tagged: Beyond the Basics of Freelancing, online classes for translators

Jan 16 2017
Corinne McKay

Coming soon: more guest posts, and a podcast

I’m very happy with how 2016 went here at Thoughts on Translation, and thank you so much to everyone who read and commented on my posts this past year. The site’s readership is up to about 1,000 views a day, and in 2016 I managed to publish about one substantive post per week. It was […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Announcements

Jan 09 2017
Corinne McKay

Last-minute coaching group spot

Greetings everyone, and happy 2017! I hope that it is a happy, healthy, and (why not?) lucrative one for everyone who reads Thoughts on Translation! Here in Colorado, we had two and a half weeks of school vacation, followed by one day of school, then a snow day, then one day of school. And in […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Announcements, Classes for translators · Tagged: coaching groups for translators, translator coaching groups

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  • A test of Cymo Booth as an interpreting back-channel
  • The books I read this year
  • How to prepare for and pass an interpreting exam: master class on Tuesday!
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