Classes for translators

Having too much work is a good problem to have, but it’s still a problem. If you’re drowning in work, is it better to raise your rates, outsource, become an agency, work more now and take time off later, or something else? Join pricing and business practices expert Susie Jackson tomorrow (Tuesday, April 12) for a two-hour master class on What to do when you have too much work. Registration is $75 including the recording (live class from 11-1 New York time), and Susie will present a range of nuts-and-bolts options for anyone who feels overworked and is unsure how to make a change for the better. We have a good group signed up, and there’s still room for you!

French to English translators: You don’t want to miss next Wednesday’s master class (Wednesday, March 30, 2022) on Translating contracts from French to English. The live class runs from 2 PM to 4 PM New York time (recording provided), and our instructor is Tom West, a well-known legal translator, lawyer, and dictionary author. Registration is $75, and Tom will cover both the theory and practice of contract translation.

Training for Translators has two great classes coming up in the next week.

-This Friday, March 11, Joachim Lépine teaches a two-hour master class, Sizzling syntax for into-English translators. If you’re looking to take your into-English translations from bland to spicy, you need this class! The live class runs from 1:30-3:30 PM New York time, recording provided, and registration is $75.

-From March 14 (next Monday) to April 14, Holly Mikkelson, Professor Emerita at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey, teaches Spanish to English translation workshop, a four-week course with eight live sessions focusing on legal and international trade translation. $190, recordings provided.

When you take a class with us in March, $5 of your registration fee will be donated to World Central Kitchen, an organization that provides emergency food relief in crisis zones, currently in Ukraine. We’ve already donated $415 on behalf of the 83 people in our March Marketing Madness challenge group, and we’re looking forward to more!

I’ll be leading the fourth annual March Marketing Madness challenge group, starting on March 1 (next Tuesday!). We have a good group signed up, and there’s still room for you! Registration is $90 and you don’t need to be online at any certain time; participate at you own pace! Join us for:

• 20 business days of motivational videos and marketing challenges
• A fun, supportive (optional!) Slack group to share ideas and successes
• The opportunity to make marketing less painful and more systematic

Each day, you have the option to do that day’s challenge, or what we call “the daily pitch.” The daily challenges range from simple things that we all neglect (review and update your e-mail signature, listen to your outgoing voicemail, update your LinkedIn headline), to push-the-comfort-zone activities like making a video of yourself giving your elevator speech. The daily pitch gives you the option to:

• nudge one dormant client
• apply to one agency
• contact one potential direct client via LinkedIn or e-mail

Here’s how last year’s participants described the experience:
“Corinne’s March Marketing Madness challenge group has transformed my approach to marketing forever! It was an intense and exciting month, during which I felt empowered to ramp up my marketing efforts in ways I hadn’t considered before.”

“I went from being terrified of contacting a single potential client to firing off multiple emails and LinkedIn connections to dream clients on a daily basis. My only regret is that I didn’t join earlier editions of this group.”

“A precious resource for any translator who is or isn’t already doing any marketing. Corinne provides a ton of practical advice and creates a social and enthusiastic community over the month that reminds us we are not alone! Everyone will take something helpful away.”

I’ve included one of last year’s videos below, so that you can get a sense of what the videos offer. Then come join us!

Next week’s master class is on Harnessing the power of neural machine translation, and we’d love to see you there! 

Join instructor Joachim Lépine next Friday (January 28) for a three-hour master class on this complicated and important topic! Past participants tell us:
-They particularly enjoyed Joe’s demos of various NMT tools
-They finally understand that they don’t have to love or hate NMT, they just have to understand what it is and is not useful for
-“This class was practical, informative, encouraging and thoroughly enjoyable!”

Registration is $75 and includes the live class on Zoom and the recording!