Last week's ATA conference reminded me how very intimidating and scary one's first few years as a freelancer can be. What's stressful? Basically everything. Everything you write or say to a client or a potential client; every translation you proofread and re-proof and re-proof, worrying that there's … [Read more...] about Six things every beginning translator needs to know
Getting started as a translator
If you can't out-think the competition, out-work the competition
A brief thought here, before Thoughts on Translation goes on hiatus for Spring Break! It's a crossover thought from another area of my life, playing the lute (my mid-life crisis obsession!). I don't have a ton of musical talent; actually way, way less than a ton. I can carry a tune and clap to the … [Read more...] about If you can't out-think the competition, out-work the competition
Work/life balance advice for beginners: pace yourself
As I mentioned in my last post, I've been enjoying hosting In the Balance (video series on work-life balance). It's a topic I think about a lot, probably not least of all because I live in a "lifestyle town" (an expression that I learned only recently!) where prioritizing one's non-work interests is … [Read more...] about Work/life balance advice for beginners: pace yourself
Videos: In the Balance
Since the beginning of September, I've been doing a video series called In the Balance for Andrew Morris' Facebook group, Standing Out. The series focuses on work-life balance issues that translators, and freelancers in general, face. It's been a lot of fun to create the (very basic; I'm not much of … [Read more...] about Videos: In the Balance
Interview in Kidsville News
Just a little fun thing here: Kidsville News (a "fun family newspaper and educational resource") recently interviewed me about what it's like to work as a translator. Here's the article, and it was actually really interesting to think about how to explain translation to elementary-schoolers! … [Read more...] about Interview in Kidsville News