Ever wonder why some travel sites seem to have millions of international visitors while others are not so popular? It’s not just big booking websites
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Becoming a Legal Translator
Unless you have studied Law, it is rather tricky to know how to specialise in legal translation, let alone find relevant high-calibre training. Fortunately, Roehampton
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Client review changes – Part 2: How to handle them
In this post, we’ll look at some of the most common types of client changes and how to handle them. TERMINOLOGY CHANGES The client decided
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Medical translations that make us [sic!]
In this post I list four major factors responsible for bad medical translations and analyse examples of substandard medical and pharmaceutical translations.
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Change Tracker: translation review report in just several clicks
Recently my work focus moves slowly from translation to review. And after you perform a review, you often have to document the changes, especially when
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3 models of language quality assurance
Language quality assurance gives you demonstrable proof that your translation quality measures up in each market. Here are 3 models for delivery.
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Translator’s block: tips to get your translation juices flowing again
A translator’s journey to creativity – It’s not exactly writer’s block, yet we all suffer from it one day or another. Somehow, none of the
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Tips for setting your translation rates, for professional translators.
One of the first difficulties that a professional translator has to face is deciding their rates. Personally, I started researching what the current market rates
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Translators facing scam agencies, fake profiles, and other “con artists”: how to prevent their attacks?
Who isn’t tired of scam translation agencies? Have you ever been scammed? In my case, I have been scammed many times, but these experiences have
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Getting started in freelance translation: what we wish we’d known!
Starting a new career from scratch or going self-employed after years of employment can be daunting, and there’s lots of advice wafting around that might
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The Creepy Spy Clause in Translation NDAs
It seems the translation giants are at it again, exercising increasing power over the little guy while trying to conceal their abuse of contractual asymmetry
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10 Factors That Help Determine Translation & Interpretation Fees
So you think: “Translating and interpreting is easy, anyone who knows two languages can do it. It should be really cheap, right?” Wrong. Let’s examine
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Cost Components in Translation Agency Services
What are the costs incurred in translation services that ultimately factor into the price paid? Among the ones I can identify, listed in no particular
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Why Multicultural Marketing Is The Next Big Thing
From big brands to small companies – those who market and sell their products to ethnic minorities are the winners. With a spending power of
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Ten tips for increasing productivity
Here are ten tips that have helped me improve my productivity and which I’m happy to share: Adopt a “tabla resa” approach. Clear out your
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10 Simple Rules Every Translator Should Live By
For my first blog post of 2015 I decided to start with something motivational. Something that can inspire.. And here comes the very
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Managing projects: tips for freelance translators
When you decide to be a freelance translator it is probably because you feel that you translate well, you have a good language knowledge and
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Top skills required to be a successful translation project manager
The success of any translation project depends on lots of aspects and factors, but a particular one is to have qualified project managers inside an
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9 Tips for Website Localization
Getting website localization right requires planning and proper execution. To make sure your localization efforts are rewarded, read through this guide.
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Is your software “translation worthy”? Crowdsourcing may give you the answer
You’ve developed a great program and now you want to localize it for foreign markets. But you don’t want to waste money translating it into
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Visible translators – a new business model
The translation business model has seen little change for decades. Technology is challenging the status quo. Large, inflexible agencies and big technology solutions are not
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10 Common Time Management Mistakes
How well do you manage your time? If you’re like many people, your answer may not be completely positive! Perhaps you feel overloaded, and you
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Time planning for translators – the ultimate answer to coping with workload
Ruined nights, tones of e-mails sent to clients with apologies, family life in pieces, no time for yourself, empty fridge, stress overload. How many times
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5 signs of poorly localised software
Localisation will be beneficial for your company and customers only if it’s of top quality and has no flaws. If the localised version contains mistakes,
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Translation technology – What’s still missing and what has been fixed?
Letter That Was Sent in Advance to Tool Vendors I would really like to thank you again for your willingness this past year to respond
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Are PDFs really that problematic?
If you’re sending PDFs to your translation vendor, you could be paying extra. Find out why and what to do about it. If you want
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Credit notes for translation projects
2-part article. Translation companies, translators or any other participant in a translation project might find that they have to issue credit notes. Most of the
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