Are you a translator or an entrepreneur? 5 ½ lessons of the Business School for Translators course will put you on the right track to
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Help! Everyone’s at a conference except me (or how to still get a dose of CPD)
Don’t fret. While it might feel like that sometimes judging by your social media feeds, it’s far from the truth. And however tempting it might
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Resources for Translators
If you enjoy this blog, you might also enjoy… My online courses Getting Started as a Freelance Translator: for beginning translators who want to launch
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The A to Z of Freelance Translation online course
Entering the translation stage can often be an overwhelming experience for new freelance translators. You may have just left university with a translation degree and
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Navigating Translator Training
University translator training programs struggle to keep pace with technology while striking the right balance between new and traditional course content.
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How I teach localization: Not like old-school translation
Teaching students how to transfer meaning from one language to another is not enough to prepare linguists for careers in technology-driven translation and localization. A
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3 essential marketing books for freelancers
Marketing books aren’t just for marketing folks. As a matter of fact, valuable marketing books should be in each and every freelancer’s library. Switching from
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A translator with business mentality
This is a personal reflection I would like to share with you… When I finished my degree in Translating & Interpreting I strongly believed that
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Medical translation resources
Online resources; MediLexicon; Software; Books … http://www.goldsmithtranslations.com
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Free e-books for freelance translators
Here you can download my free e-books for translators including Working for high-end clients demystified, Working for agencies demystified, and the entire Little Books for
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Kloeckner Translations – Resources
Links to various translation resources like Glossaries and Style Guides. http://www.kloeckner-translations.biz
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A CAT tool can also be a viable translation teaching tool? Who would have thought?
Most of the people I have met / whose thoughts I have read since being back in Translation Studies seem to view CAT (Computer –
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Translation Style Isn’t Unique, And That’s A Good Thing!
Fast-growing rising stars are innovators and, as such, they rarely take the exact same path to global markets. But that doesn’t mean every global company
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Sui generis
Several years ago, in a workshop, a major Italian project management expert named Julius Caesar as the first project manager in history. The notions of
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How to make the most of your last year at university? 7 essential steps for translation students.
My last year at university as a translation student was a blast. I was thrilled to see how the quality of my translations has improved
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Translation Resources
The Alexandria Library (A-Lib) is a training and resource centre for the language services industry. We offer webinars, e-learning and other types of resources for
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Translator competence
In reading the previous posts, I observed some recurring themes, such as “translator education”, “knowledge vs skills” and “productivity”. I’ve decided to try to extend
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PM-ing the Classroom – Ottiaq
Project management and translator education “Hi. I need my website translated into five languages, as soon as possible, for our new launch. French, Portuguese, Chinese,
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Le METS, c’est quoi ?
Mais je voulais vraiment parler du METS, de sa formation incroyable et de la chance que j’ai d’y prendre part. En bref, le Master Européen
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European Master’s in Translation (EMT)
What is the European Master’s in Translation? The EMT is a partnership project between the European Commission and higher-education institutions offering master’s level translation programmes.
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Investigating the gap between translator training and the real business of translation
Lucy Brooks and Marta Stelmaszak collaborated on a project to investigate what could be considered to be a neglected area. In this article they analyse
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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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Links & Tips for New Translators
The aim of this page, therefore, is just to help point translators in a few directions that may be useful at the beginning of their
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Benefit for Translators | Translation Project Management
An introduction to project management within targeted courses in translation schools allows future translators to understand the professional world they are entering and the importance
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