Greetings everyone and happy 2016! Here's to a happy, healthy, and (why not...) lucrative year for all of us in the translation and interpreting industries. I have a couple of exciting guest posts to kick off the year, but first, a couple of announcements: On January 14, I'm presenting a webinar on … [Read more...] about Upcoming webinar and class
Webinars
Upcoming webinar: marketing to agencies
On September 3, Steve Lank (Vice President for Translation at Cesco Linguistic Services) and I are presenting a webinar for ATA, on Effective Marketing to Translation Companies. … [Read more...] about Upcoming webinar: marketing to agencies
Free webinar: breaking into the direct client market
On April 23, I'll be presenting Breaking into the direct client market for SDL's webinar series. It's free and will last about an hour. I'll talk about the reasons you might want to work with direct clients, how to design marketing materials for direct clients, how to look for untapped niches in the … [Read more...] about Free webinar: breaking into the direct client market
How to choose an online course (last post of 2014!)
After tomorrow, the Thoughts on Translation world headquarters will be closed for vacation through January 4, so before we dig into today's topic, here are a few end-of-year recommendations: Start thinking about taxes as soon as you get back from your holiday break. You can close out your books … [Read more...] about How to choose an online course (last post of 2014!)
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