This is a question we often hear from our clients. Recently we produced two video trailers for mobile games. The trailers were in the same
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Failing to meet your global marketing deadlines? There’s a better way
It can be difficult to judge how long a project or combination of projects might take from conception to delivery. It’s often the first challenge
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The 5-Question Road Map for Planning a Translation Project
Get 5 tips to help your translation project succeed and enable your translation agency to provide the highest translation quality possible.
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Adding Value to your Translation and Editing Services
As an autodidact, albeit with 14 years experience as a translator and editor, plus a couple of years studying linguistics at the University of Western
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Is your translation agency treating you fairly? Top tips for freelancers
Everybody knows that trust is paramount in all relationships, business or otherwise. But for freelance translators looking for work online it’s sometimes a tall order,
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The New Profile of A Translator
Today, a translation project leader should have some specific skills. We’ll take a look at these skills and declarations of some colleagues that have already
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Surviving Your First Month of Self-Employment
Here are 6 tips to help get you started and set you on your self-employment path http://theselfemployed.com
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3 things translators can do to optimise downtimes
Found out what translators can do to get the most out of downtimes. Every freelancer experiences times when work slows down, and motivation tends to
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Become a Project Manager’s favorite translator
I was a Project Manager for 6 years. During those years, I did have favorites, and my favorite translators got a LOT of work. How
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“Let’s keep in touch”: how to stay connected to former clients
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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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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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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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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Go hyperlocal to bring buyers and sellers to your door
Richard Uzelac explains how to create high-quality, hyperlocal content for real estate websites that will attract positive attention from potential clients.
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Finding your own success
Beware of borrowing others’ dreams There’s one kind of advice post I really can’t stand. I won’t say I never read them or even that
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Dear Scammer
As some of you are aware (or at least I hope you are), there is this plague affecting the translation profession: it’s called scammers. And
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Translation teams
(e-book extract) The translator’s job is carried out under various guises and in different environments. Some translators are employed in institutions or in the public
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