It is never easy to ask questions. As professionals, we might fear that people reading our questions think we should have known, or found, the
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Paving the way
There are two basic truths which apply to the profession of translation: we learn from our mistakes; and we learn from other people. If we
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18 reasons why an agency might stop working with you
The general advice regarding clients is that you should be actively seeking new ones all the time because you never know what’s around the corner.
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Top skills required to be a successful translation project manager
The success of any translation project depends on lots of aspects and factors, but a particular one is to have qualified project managers inside an
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5 Excuses Translation Agencies Use When They Do Not Assign Their Project To You!
During my seven years of experience as a freelance translator, I have collaborated with countless agencies around the world, I have e-met fantastic people and
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Translation companies – Let’s hear it from the good guys!
You read and hear all these horror stories on social media and translation blogs about translation companies. I want to tell you about a lovely
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Understanding Translation Project Management
What is translation project management? It’s a good question if you’re not in the field. You’ll be surprised how integral this is to project managers
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Translators and project managers: together we fall, together we rise
Our guest writer Ricardo Souza discusses the role of the translation and localization project manager in the contemporary translation industry.
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Boutique agencies: the new generation of translation solutions
There was a time when dinosaurs dominated the world of translation: huge great lumbering beasts of companies with offices in every major world city and
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What does a Localization Project Manager do?
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
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How Translators and Project Managers See a Translation Project
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
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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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In praise of the project manager
Linguists – The best translation project managers are linguists. (I can think of only one notable exception that I worked with). Many translation project managers
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The Insider’s Guide to Project Management in Translation Agencies
You can’t please all of the people all of the time, or so the saying goes. But as any translation project manager will tell you,
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4 Causes of Project Failures
Project failures are every project manager’s nightmare. While every project is unique, they can all go wrong because of the same underlying causes. From poor
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Recommendations for Freelance Translators: A study from a project manager’s perspective
I started working as a project manager in one of the translation companies in London just after graduating from a translation and interpreting MA course
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10 Tips for project managers working with non-native speakers
Having worked in various project management roles for the past 7 years I have spent a great deal of time working on projects alongside people
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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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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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Project Managers
(e-book extract) It is becoming increasingly common to see the various tasks involved in a project orchestrated by a key player in the translation company:
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Five Tips For Translation Project Manager
Over the last few years, a lot has been written and discussed about project management, including translation project management. Due to increased certification and conferences,
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The 6 critical characteristics of a great translation project manager
Project managers can make or break your translation processes, so here are six characteristics that make a great translation project manager.
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Producing a quotation
(e-book extract) In order to be able to produce a quotation, it is important first of all to have an understanding of the project components and
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Planning
(e-book extract) Devising the project schedule Each project, in principle, comes with a deadline. This may be set by the client and, where necessary, may be
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Book – How to manage your translation projects
Translation project management is a topic of interest for both project managers and freelance translators alike. What information is used to prepare an accurate quote?
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Why is Translation Project Management Necessary?
This blog will cover typical duties of translation agency project managers and common tasks they must perform in a typical document translation project. The scope
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