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12 Easy Ways To Make Your Translator Fall In Love With You

10th April 2015 Nancy Matis End-Clients

This blog post is a spiritual successor to my 10 Simple Rules Every Translator Should Live By which pretty much went viral (well, at least

What No One Tells You About Working From Home

10th April 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

The myths, misconceptions and drawbacks of working from your own home. Let’s talk about what it’s really like to work from home. I’m sure you

What does a Localization Project Manager do?

10th April 2015 Nancy Matis Project Managers

Language Intelligence employs several professional Localization Project Managers to manage our clients’ complex projects. A Localization Project Manager handles the project from beginning to end

A Tale of Two Agencies

10th April 2015 Nancy Matis Translation Companies

The freelancer-large agency relationship is often an ambivalent one. On the one hand, the industry behemoths can provide a steady flow of work, which is

Translations on the Fly

9th April 2015 Nancy Matis Planning

How long does it take to complete a (good) translation? “I could translate 2,000 words in less than 30 minutes”, a potential client said to

A Translator’s Customer Loyalty – Part I

9th April 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

During any occurring and horrific “famine” period, I tend to look back at my career so far. I stand still and mentally travel to the

How Translators and Project Managers See a Translation Project

9th April 2015 Nancy Matis Project Managers

The key to a successful translation project is getting the right people to do the job. Highly qualified translators make up the core of a

A Look at Translation Project Management

8th April 2015 Nancy Matis Project Managers

We consider translation project management absolutely critical for an agency to consistently deliver quality translations on time and on budget. In our opinion some of

Desktop Publishing Arabic Text: What You Need To Know

8th April 2015 Nancy Matis Other Tasks

Arabic a is a highly complicated language for Non-Arabic readers and handling any Arabic text by non-native speakers can be an adventure. Arabic is a

Translation rates and charges – what you are paying for

8th April 2015 Nancy Matis Pricing

When you request a translation quote, you are given a price you probably do not understand. You also want to know why translators ask you

Machine Translation Pre-Editing To Boost Output Quality

3rd April 2015 Nancy Matis Translation tools

Post-editing isn’t the only way to improve machine translation output: pre-editing may cut costs and boost localization quality.

4 Common Mistakes When Translating Packaging

3rd April 2015 Nancy Matis End-Clients

Getting your packaging prepared for a new market isn’t easy. Avoid these four mistakes and you’ll be on your way to marketing bliss.

Marketing tools for your freelance translation business

3rd April 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

One of the biggest challenges that any business faces is how to find and attract clients. You cannot help people or attract clients if they

Let’s talk about… The difficult role of the project manager

3rd April 2015 Nancy Matis Project Managers

One of the main purposes of this blog when we recently created it was bringing the translators community closer and promote the sharing of different

Multilingual Big Data and Terminology

3rd April 2015 Nancy Matis Terminology

Once upon a time some translators had one or more cardboard boxes where handwritten and alphabetically ordered terms ─ including their definitions, sources, synonyms and

How do translators showcase their talent to translation agencies?

1st April 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

Last week, Letraduct authored a post about one of the problems that your target customer (the translation agency) has, which is lack of time and

Thirteenish reasons why you might stop working for an agency

1st April 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the overriding factor causing translators to end their relationship with an agency is not being paid at all (no-brainer

Free e-books for freelance translators

30th March 2015 Nancy Matis Reference Material

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

Freelancer Tips: How to Use Social Media to Attract New Clients

28th March 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

One of the interesting qualities of freelancing work is that you may never meet your clients in real life. Perhaps more than any other job

Kloeckner Translations – Resources

27th March 2015 Nancy Matis Reference Material

Links to various translation resources like Glossaries and Style Guides. http://www.kloeckner-translations.biz

The freelance translator at home: instructions for use

27th March 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

Today’s post is for all the men and women out there who have crossed paths with a freelance translator—and have decided to live with him

Referral marketing – the fastest and easiest way to get clients

27th March 2015 Nancy Matis Freelancers

Referrals are one of the easiest and most effective ways to get new clients. Here are tips on how you can get more referrals from

A CAT tool can also be a viable translation teaching tool? Who would have thought?

27th March 2015 Nancy Matis Academic and professional trainings

Most of the people I have met / whose thoughts I have read since being back in Translation Studies seem to view CAT (Computer –

On rates

27th March 2015 Nancy Matis Pricing

I have recently seen a link posted by Ral (thank you, Ral!) to a really interesting article on setting consultancy rates. It is clear, helpful, and

Subtitling software

26th March 2015 Nancy Matis Translation tools

Genius Subtitler is a subtitling software designed by experienced professionals in the Brazilian Audiovisual Translation market. Our efforts are channeled at bridging the gap between

Translations and Avoiding Minimum Fees

25th March 2015 Nancy Matis End-Clients

Avoiding translation minimum fees It can sometimes be difficult in the translation industry to get the translation of a single word or sentence without it

Translation Memories: Should You Hold Them or Trash Them?

25th March 2015 Nancy Matis Translation tools

Old translation memories may mean that your legacy content is damaging your current content localization strategy. Should you fix them or just start over?