Classes for translators

Training for Translators has three great master classes coming up in December and early January. Master classes are a great way to take an in-depth look at a specialized topic in two to three hours, at a cost of $75. Recordings are provided if you can’t attend live. Here’s the lineup:

• On Wednesday, December 2, Joachim Lépine kicks things off with Harnessing the power of neural machine translation. Learn how to let NMT handle some of the routine parts of your translation work, freeing you up to work on the creative and challenging parts.
• On Wednesday, December 9, join Jason Willis-Lee for Profitable negotiations and personal finance for freelancers. Jason will combine two key — yet often overlooked — skills that can improve both your bank account balance and your job satisfaction.
• On Thursday, January 7, I’ll kick off the 2021 lineup with Direct client marketing, for people who think they can’t. This session is for anyone who’d like to create a doable plan for identifying and marketing to direct clients. This class has sold out three times, so don’t wait too long to register if you’re interested; I may add a second session if this one fills up.

Also starting January 7 is Dorothee Racette’s four-week coaching and challenge group, Complete what you started. If you’d like to move a major business project from “pending” (and pending, and pending) to “done,” join Dorothee — a translator and highly-praised productivity coach — for this intensive four-week group.

I hope you see you there!

Training for Translators has two great four-week classes starting on November 10, and the early bird rate for both of them ($365, minus any discounts for which you qualify) ends on Friday.

–Copywriting for your business and for your clients, taught by Madalena Sanchez Zampaulo, is for anyone who wants to write better copy for their own website or marketing materials, or offer copywriting as a separate service to clients. A past participant says, “A great opportunity to learn more about the most important aspects of copywriting and the copywriting services/products. The course was lively and well-structured, and I really appreciated the personal attention and feedback. The knowledge I gained will definitely be helpful in improving my own marketing efforts and growing my business.” The course includes four slide presentations, four question and answer/bonus material sessions (recordings provided), and individual feedback from Madalena on four homework assignments.

–Translating official documents, taught by Jennifer Nielsen, is for anyone who wants to make official documents a profitable part of their freelance business. A past participant says, “Jennifer is a great teacher. After taking her course, I am confident that my official document translations are much better and reflect greater expertise. This course was really worth taking.” Spanish to English examples will be used, but the course is open to translators in all languages. The course includes four slide presentations, four question and answer/bonus material sessions (recordings provided), and individual feedback from Jennifer on four homework assignments.

I hope to see you there!

The early bird price for Paula Arturo’s course on Legal concepts and terminology for translators and interpreters ends today! The last session of this course sold out and earned rave reviews from participants, praising Paula’s teaching skills and her legal knowledge. The course starts October 26, and you can secure your spot and save some money by registering today!

If you’ve been meaning to get off Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail, or if you’d like to set up an e-mail address for a special project or product, the next Training for Translators master class on registering a domain and setting up domain name e-mail is for you! We all know that yourname@yourdomain.com looks a lot more professional than a free webmail address, but many of us never get around to setting that up!

All-star website and SEO instructor Madalena Sanchez Zampaulo will teach the live session starting at 12 noon New York time on Thursday, July 30 (recording provided if you can’t attend live). The cost is only $75 and the session is limited to 30 people, so that all of your questions can get answered!

This master class will address a few different use cases for domain name e-mail:
-You already own a domain name, but never got around to setting up domain name e-mail
-You don’t yet own a domain name and you’re not sure how to choose one, or how to set up domain name e-mail
-You want to set up domain name e-mail without a website, for a specific project. Let’s say you’re planning on writing a book or teaching an online course, and you’d like an e-mail address just for that purpose.

In this step-by-step master class, you’ll learn how to:
-select a domain name that is appropriate for your business and determine whether it is available for purchase
-purchase a domain name once you’ve selected one
-determine what add-ons you may want to add (or avoid) for your domain name
-how to set up domain name e-mail using GSuite; the instructor will also give general instructions on how to use other e-mail services with your domain

I hope to see some of you there!