One of Training for Translators’ most popular courses, Spanish to English translation workshop, with Holly Mikkelson, is back! From June 2-28 (early bird discounts through May 21), join Holly — professor emerita at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey — for four weeks of intensive instruction for intermediate Spanish to English translators. The focus will be on legal and international trade documents, and on developing your Spanish to English translation skills in general. See the course registration page for full details!
Classes for translators
June four-week course: Breaking into the book translation market
Starting on June 7 (early bird discounts through May 24, I (Corinne McKay) will be teaching a four-week session of Breaking into the book translation market. This is a course for translators who want to learn the business aspects of translating books for traditional publishers, small presses, or for self-published authors.
The class includes four lecture presentations, four question and answer sessions, (one hour each: recordings provided) and individual feedback on four homework assignments. Participants will finish the course with an understanding of how the book translation market works, how to find work translating books, and how to price book translations. Live sessions are on Mondays and Thursdays from 7-8 PM New York time, but participants who can’t attend the live sessions are welcome; you can listen to the recordings and send me your questions after you watch them.
Registration is $365 through May 24, $395 thereafter. ATA members, use coupon code ATA for $15 off; new students, use code NEW for $10 off; returning students, use code ALUM for $15 off (the ATA discount can be combined with NEW or ALUM).
May master class: Marketing to direct clients using e-mail and LinkedIn
Now that I (Corinne) have wrapped up the classes for my Master’s in conference interpreting program, I’m teaching this month’s Training for Translators master class, on using e-mail and LinkedIn to market to direct clients.
Registration is $75, and the live session runs from 11 AM to 1 PM on Tuesday, May 25. We’ll look at how to leverage these simple tools that you’re undoubtedly already using, to market to direct clients when you have small blocks of time available. I’ll show real-world examples of the e-mails and LinkedIn messages that I use, as well as how to find contact people within organizations you’d like to translate for. I hope to see you there!
May online courses
The early bird deadline for May’s online courses is April 20; we have three excellent offerings open for registration! All courses start on May 3 and run for four weeks, with two live sessions per week, one hour each, plus individual feedback on four homework assignments.
–Translating for the international development sector, taught by Meghan Konkol and Corinne McKay, makes a return appearance after a sold-out session. International development translation is a lucrative and in-demand specialization, but it’s also a sector that works differently than many commercial translation specializations. “I really enjoyed the course. For anyone trying to figure out how to access the international development door, this course is for you! It’s very practical and full of a ton of useful information. And to top it all, Corinne and Meghan are accessible and offer individual and encouraging feedback,” says a past participant.
–Microsoft Word skills for translators, taught by Andie Ho. Tired of spending hours formatting transcripts and other documents in MS Word? Save time and aggravation by learning underutilized functions in Word. A past participant says, “I feel so much more confident using certain functions in Word now and started using them right away. I feel that I am spending less time on formatting, my documents look better, and my level of frustration with complex tables and bulleted lists is way down! 🙂”
–LinkedIn for translators and interpreters, taught by Madalena Sanchez Zampaulo. A massive and powerful search engine and community with opportunities to find and be found by your ideal clients, LinkedIn gives you the ability to connect with others in a meaningful way and grow your business. This course will uncover what you’ve been missing from the LinkedIn experience that will help you reach more of the right clients (and avoid the wrong ones).
Use any of the following discount codes that you qualify for if you’d like to register for one of these courses: ATA (members of the American Translators Association, save $15; NEW (if you’ve never taken a Training for Translators course before, save $10); ALUM (if you’ve taken a Training for Translators course before, save $15).
April courses: early bird deadline coming up
The early registration deadline for April’s four-week courses is coming up! Sign up by March 26 (and see the course pages for additional discounts) and classes start on April 5:
- Direct marketing to direct clients, with Sarah Silva. Sarah teaches a multi-step system for marketing to direct clients, even if you can’t meet them in person, based on her own (pretty amazing!) results marketing to direct clients in Germany.
- Editing and proofreading for into-English translators, with Karen Tkaczyk. This course has sold out multiple times, and always earns rave reviews from participants: learn how to create trustworthy systems for editing your own work and the work of other writers or translators.
Hope to see you there!