If you're looking to get a jump on your business goals for 2015, I have sessions of my online courses--Getting Started as a Freelance Translator for beginners and Beyond the Basics of Freelancing for experienced translators--coming up in January and February. Getting Started begins on January 7, and … [Read more...] about Upcoming sessions of my online courses
Professional development
ATA55: the highlights
I'm back (physically at least!) from the 55th annual conference of the American Translators Association in Chicago. By all measures, the conference was a great success. We had 1,842 attendees, which is our second-largest conference ever. It would take a lot to top the 2,400 attendees we had for our … [Read more...] about ATA55: the highlights
Off to ATA55!
I'll be out of the office for the rest of the week, to attend the 55th annual conference of the American Translators Association in Chicago. If you're a blog reader and we haven't met in person, definitely come shake hands! I'll be speaking on a panel (The Freelance Juggling Act) on Thursday … [Read more...] about Off to ATA55!
International development webinar: feedback and questions
This morning I presented a webinar for the ATA professional development series, entitled "Translating for the international development sector." We didn't have time to take questions, so if you have any, you can send them to me here. Also, if you have any feedback that you didn't include on the … [Read more...] about International development webinar: feedback and questions
New podcast: Beyond the basics of freelance marketing
Tess Whitty's Marketing Tips for Translators podcast is a great resource for freelancers, and Tess recently interviewed me for an episode called Beyond the Basics of Freelance Marketing. We talked about how to market your translation services to higher-quality agencies and direct clients, how to … [Read more...] about New podcast: Beyond the basics of freelance marketing