Happy 2014! I've been composing a wrap-up and looking-ahead post for 2013 and 2014, but in the meantime, the next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on Monday, January 15 and I have four spots left. It's a four-lesson online class in which we focus on very … [Read more...] about Getting Started as a Freelance Translator: starts Monday
Announcements
Upcoming Speaking of Translation call
On Monday, December 16 at 9 PM New York time (note: evening! unlike our usual time slot), Eve Bodeux and I will be hosting our next Speaking of Translation conference call. This month's topic is "The freelance juggling act: balancing work, family and the rest of life," and we've got an all-star … [Read more...] about Upcoming Speaking of Translation call
Translation Journal is for sale
Hopefully you're familiar with Translation Journal, the online translation magazine that industry veteran Gabe Bokor has been publishing for (get this...) 16 years. It's a wonderful source of information about our industry, featuring the legendary Fire Ant and Worker Bee column, plus many … [Read more...] about Translation Journal is for sale
ProZ.com community choice awards
Monday morning is looking up: ProZ just announced the winners of this year's Community Choice awards. Congratulations to everyone who earned this recognition from their colleagues! I'm excited to share the "best podcast" award with my friend and colleague Eve Bodeux for our podcast Speaking of … [Read more...] about ProZ.com community choice awards
Speaking of Translation recordings: now downloadable
Speaking of Translation is a little sideline venture that my friend and colleague Eve Bodeux and I launched a number of years ago. In Internet terms, we've been around for about a century, since one of our fist podcasts was a wrapup of the 2008 ATA conference. We started out with a podcast and … [Read more...] about Speaking of Translation recordings: now downloadable