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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8 Reasons Why Website Localization Projects Fail
A localized website is a vital tool for companies looking to expand into new markets, but many localization projects are destined to fail. Here’s why…
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Just About Every Day Brings an Offer of Translation Work for Me that I Ignore
Adventures from three consecutive days in the life of Mad Patent Translator. Just about every day brings an e-mail from a translation agency that either
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¿Por qué debe trabajar con un Traductor Profesional?
Mucho me han preguntado qué razones hay para contratar a un Traductor Profesional si ellos mismos (las personas que preguntan) hablan, leen y escriben en
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Is It Important To Choose Professional Document Translation Service?
It takes a lot of effort to write a technical document as it has to be factual and needs the right citation and references. It
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Lost In Translation – The Most Common Localization Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
If MoGi Group had a dollar, euro, pound, ruble, peso, rand, rupee, krona, yen or bitcoin for every time somebody asked us ‘What’s the key
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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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5 façons de collaborer avec un traducteur
Découvrez 5 trucs faciles à appliquer pour faciliter le processus de traduction pour vous et votre traducteur! Toute entreprise gagne à entretenir de bonnes relations
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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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Facts You Need to Know about Language Translation
Language translation essentially involves the process of translating text or words from one language into another. With the integration of global business operations and web
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What we know exactly about Certified translations before immigration
People are confused regarding the requirement of certified translation. The necessity of Certified & notarized translation needs awareness. There are many things that differentiate a
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How Do Language Companies Train Their Translators?
Often, these questions are raised by clients and potential translation partners who are in the process of scouring for potential language companies. Translators master at
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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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Successful app translation: It all starts with great code
Translating your app is a great way of reaching more users and increasing revenue. But in order to create beautiful language versions of your app,
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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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Enough is enough – or when it’s time to sack a client
I had one of those awful days last Friday, when an agency client got in touch to say her end client wasn’t satisfied with my
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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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An A -Z Guide to Translation Buying
Finding a decent translation provider is not an easy task. The number of questions you have to ask yourself: Is it expensive? What does the
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Can the Language Community embrace Collaborative Commons and survive?
When Albert Einstein said: “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”, he was referring neither to the internet nor to localization. Today the
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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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