With the debate raging on as to whether or not an academic background is a necessity for today’s translator (you can read my take on
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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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Figuring Out Translation Rates
Figuring out rates can be tough. There is discussion forum after discussion forum where newbies are asking how much they should charge and veteran translators
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Women and Translation
The famous debate about gender discrimination at the workplace, particularly in terms of remuneration made me wonder if this applies to those who are active
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Becoming a Legal Translator
Unless you have studied Law, it is rather tricky to know how to specialise in legal translation, let alone find relevant high-calibre training. Fortunately, Roehampton
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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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Links & Tips for New Translators
The aim of this page, therefore, is just to help point translators in a few directions that may be useful at the beginning of their
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