The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on Wednesday, February 22 and I have openings for seven more students; it would be great to see some blog readers there! This is a four-week session where we work on some very targeted assignments: your translation-targeted resumé and cover letter, marketing plan, rate sheet and online presence. If you’re a beginner or someone who wants to revamp your business plan for 2012, the class is a quick and affordable (US $250, discount for ATA members) way to get your freelance ball rolling! The past few sessions have filled up with eight students, so I would recommend signing up soon if you’d like to participate. The class is completely self-paced and we also do a few live conference calls throughout the four weeks so that you can feel confident about launching your translation business at the end of the session! For a full description or to register, just visit my website!
Announcements
Webinar on remote interpreting
On January 25 at noon New York time (the same time as the Speaking of Translation question and answer call), my good friend and colleague Cris Silva is presenting what looks like a fabulous webinar for ATA, on webcast and telephone interpreting. Cris does a lot of remote interpreting for high-profile events, so I’m sure that this webinar will be an excellent learning opportunity!
Free Q&A conference call
On Wednesday, January 25 at 12 noon US Eastern/New York Time (you can use The World Clock to convert to your time zone), Eve Bodeux, Michelle Bradley and I will be doing a free half-hour question and answer conference call about translation and the business of translation. You can connect to the call by phone using a US toll number or by Skype for free. Ask us anything! Well, at least anything related to the translation industry. To read more details or to submit a question, please see the Speaking of Translation website. We’ll select some of your questions to answer during the live call. To receive the call instructions, send a blank e-mail to speakingoftranslation@gmail.com and you’ll receive an auto-response with the call-in number and the Skype instructions. Hope to see you there! We’ll also post a free recording of the call, so feel free to submit a question even if you cannot make the live session.
Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course “Getting Started as a Freelance Translator” starts on Wednesday, January 25. This is a four-week “quick start” session for any new translators who want to get a jump on their business goals for 2012. During the session, we focus on four assignments: a translation-targeted resume and cover letter, a marketing plan, a rate sheet and sample terms of service and an online presence plan and elevator speech.
The full course information and registration are on my website, and the cost is $250, with a $50 discount for ATA members. I conduct the course entirely online, so it’s open to translators in any country and you don’t have to be online at a specific time. Everyone in the course also receives a copy of the newly released second edition of my book, “How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator.” One participant in the December session commented that “Corinne McKay’s course, “Getting Started as a Freelance Translator,” and book, “How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator,” are invaluable tools for the freelance translator. Her book will be bible for my career pursuit as a translator. I would recommend the class to beginners as well as already-established freelance translators. Excellent!” That was gratifying to read! Hope to see some blog readers in the January session; the December session filled up early!
Finally…
At long last, the second edition of my book How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator is available on Amazon. I’m in the process of spiffing up its Amazon page with a Look Inside function and a Kindle edition (and of course some reviews…hint hint!) but I’m excited that it’s available in the retail chain. The first edition sold nearly 5,000 copies before I retired it this summer, and I’m looking forward to a long and happy life for this edition as well.