When you were working for Client X, communication was simple! You emailed them, they emailed you; they gave you assignments, you finished on deadline. The
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Advice for Beginners: Specialization
Many beginning interpreters oftentimes ask us about specialization and whether it’s essential that they specialize. We get many of these questions from Judy’s students at
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Five Tips For Translation Project Manager
Over the last few years, a lot has been written and discussed about project management, including translation project management. Due to increased certification and conferences,
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Cost, Quality And Time: The Triad Of Translation Project Management
This blog gives an overview of time, cost and quality as it relates to translation project management.
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Coordinating your translation project
The task of translating marketing materials used to be seen as a simple and solitary job. However, globalization and the demands of the digital era
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6 Secrets to Being More Productive Each Day
Here are a few tricks on how to get the most out of every workday.
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Lesson 94: 9 Negotiation mistakes every translator has been guilty of at least once
This month, I discuss how to prepare for negotiations and how to carry them out, but let’s start with an overview of the most common
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Dos and Don’ts of Translation Project Management
For freelance translators, project management can end up being one of the more time-consuming roles that they fill. It is a multi-faceted set of responsibilities …
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Comment gérer un projet de traduction
Je me pose de nombreuses questions sur le métier de traducteur indépendant, et parmi elles, la suivante : comment gère-t-on un projet de traduction de
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The 6 critical characteristics of a great translation project manager
Project managers can make or break your translation processes, so here are six characteristics that make a great translation project manager.
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Factors to Consider When Selecting a Legal Translation Provider
As any legal professional can attest, the outcomes of court cases are often decided by the definitions and use of a few key words. The
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Six reasons to centralize translation
When exporting into a new country or market, it’s really tempting to rely on in-country distributors to translate your communications. In fact, I’ve sat in
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The proofreader’s job
Since a recent unpleasant experience I had with a reviewer (also called a proofreader) and because of the discussion developing on Proz.com on the subject
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Back-translation: Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Is back-translation really the best way to ensure quality of your survey translation? If you’re looking to reduce cost and increase quality, there’s a better
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La face cachée de la révision
(Illustration: Marlène Junius) Conséquence des dernières normes qualité dans le secteur de la traduction, de nombreux fournisseurs de services de traduction imposent révision ou remaniement
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Pricing Techniques in the Translation Industry
In the translation industry two pricing techniques seem to dominate: cost plus and competitive pricing. Before looking deeper into these and other pricing techniques, it
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How Should Freelance Translators Price Their Services?
Translators price their services in different ways, but most default to per-word pricing. In response to a recent post, What Does Translation Cost?, I received
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Terminology Awareness Survey Results – In My Own Terms
I am happy to report on the results of my recent survey on terminology awareness which included participants from groups of translators in Facebook, Linkedin
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Translation memories
(e-book extract) Aside from the feature that recovers existing translations, translation memory tools also help to ensure consistency within a given text, between different translation
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Reference material
(e-book extract) The reference material to be used by the translation teams can be sent in a single batch for all the projects relating to
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Translation
(e-book extract) Nearly all projects managed by a translation company include a translation stage. It may be, however, that the project consists entirely of creating
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Translation companies
(e-book extract) Translation companies are the linking point between clients and translation teams. End clients contact a single translation company rather than several freelance translators
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End clients
(e-book extract) The term ‘end client’ refers to the person or organisation that requires a translation to be carried out. As such, they will either
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Producing a quotation
(e-book extract) In order to be able to produce a quotation, it is important first of all to have an understanding of the project components and
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What are the differences between Arabic languages?
What are the differences between the Arabic “languages” used in different Arabic countries? This is quite an important question and is as complex as the
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To ask or not to ask – that is the question
It’s a familiar story: you’ve come to the end of a lengthy translation and there are a couple of points you’re not quite sure about.
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Hourly rate or project fee: What makes freelancers more money?
We all know that figuring out what to charge is one of the most nerve-wracking parts about freelancing. There are two main ways to charge
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