Le recrutement par les agences de traduction peut s’avérer particulièrement important, notamment pour un traducteur fraîchement diplômé qui ne bénéficie pas d’un panel de clients
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L’insertion professionnelle dans le monde de la traduction : expectations vs reality
Blog du Master “Traduction Spécialisée Multilingue” (TSM) de l’Université de Lille | ISSN 2534-5885 Par Maximilien Dusautois, étudiant M2 TSM
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Cómo hacer un buen currículum de traductor – Algo más que traducir
El currículum (CV) de un traductor es su mejor carta de presentación. Tienes 6 segundos de media para causar una buena impresión y no pifiarla.
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How Freelance Translators should use LinkedIn to generate business
Freelance translators in the U.S. are about to gain another tool for growing their businesses. LinkedIn and social media marketing in general have already proved
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10 Things That All Translators Secretly Hate
Speaking another language and helping people from different cultures and beliefs to understand each other is a noble job. Depending on their specialty, some translators
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‘Freelancer’ – the term we should leave behind in 2016
The new year period is a time to take stock. What’s been good about the year gone by and should be continued and pursued? What’s
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How to Find and Approach Your Ideal Clients through LinkedIn
Home page LinkedIn is the world’s largest online professional network, with more than 400 million members. This article provides a plethora of tips you can
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Why I volunteer for Translators Without Borders
I just completed a translation for Translators Without Borders, my fourth this year. And I must admit I was touched. This time I translated for
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Red T – Translating and interpreting in conflict zones
Communication is a critical component in modern warfare. Neither intelligence gathering nor logistics nor multinational armed forces can operate unless lines of communication are functioning
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My Yearlong Quest to Get Paid
When it comes to payment, some clients bank on freelancers just going away. I wasn’t going to let that happen. I got paid for my
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Faire un test de traduction ? Mouais…
Faire un test de traduction pour un client direct ? C’est à vous de voir, mais la Marmite a son avis sur la question !
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Creative translation marketing
Clara Giampietro writes about different ways of marketing our translation services and grabbing our potential client’s attention. Don’t you want to stand out and
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What does the perfect translator CV look like?
Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci wrote the first CV 500 years ago? You can be the best painter, philosopher or writer in the
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Networking your way up as a freelance translator – Marketing tips for translators
Downtime is the demon every entrepreneurial translator struggles with. No matter at what stage in your career path, a drop in workload is enough to
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Five Diversification Strategies for Freelance Translators
Tips on diversification strategies to make you, as a freelance translator, improve your business. Why diversify? In the course of the past two years,
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So, You Want To Be A Translator?
There are two main things I want to do on this page: first, I want to say a few things to people considering entering the
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Translation Scams: Tips for Avoiding Them and Protecting Your Identity
This article will discuss a few of the common schemes targeting both buyers / end clients and translators / language services providers, including how they
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10 worst mistakes I made as a freelancer
Thoughts of a freelance translator about translation, language teaching and freelancing. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss
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Congé maternité et statut d’autoentrepreneur : comment ça marche ?
Un récap des aides allouées aux futures mamans autoentrepreneures. Voilà quatre mois que je découvre un nouveau monde, celui de la maternité. Avant de me
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The Difference Between Translators, Translation Agencies, Language Services Providers (LSPs) and Language Providers (LPs)
In his book “Das Unbehagen in Der Kultur”, whose title was cleverly translated into English as “Civilization and Its Discontents”, Sigmund Freud offers an analysis
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10 Top Tips for Emerging Translators
Rosalind Harvey of the Emerging Translators Network gives her top tips for becoming a literary translator Want to become a literary translator? You’re not alone.
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9 Mistakes Freelance Translators Should Avoid
TTC wetranslate supports the translation service industry by explaining 9 mistakes freelance translators should avoid Want to become a literary translator? You’re not alone. We
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6-Step Strategy to Translators’ Visibility
Many budding translators usually struggle to get into the professional world. This 6-step approach can help beginning translators break into the fantastic world of extraordinary
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Keeping Your Translation Clients Happy
One of the most important keys to a successful career as a translator is keeping your client happy. To do this, it’s crucial to understand
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The 3 Biggest Reasons Why Job Auction Sites Are Not Great
In my humble opinion, through personal experience, I feel auction sites simply are ineffective, unfair and downright unethical. Here are my top three biggest reasons
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Freelancer Income Survey 2015
Are you earning enough? Read the Freelancer Income Report and find out! (report to download) The Payoneer Freelancer Income Survey Benchmark Your Rates
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Strawberries, cream and sparks of genius: Tennis parallels to help us be the best we can become – eCPD Webinars
The next guest post (the fourth) is topical for early July in the UK. We invited Nikki Graham of Tranix Translations to give us her
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