Translator Profile: Lucy Gunderson, CT
Many of you may know Russian-into-English translator Lucy Gunderson from her leadership with the ATA Divisions Committee and the Slavic Languages Division. I had…
Embracing the Part-Time Paradigm: Empowering Part-Time Professionals to Adopt the Small-Business-Owner Mentality
Many language professionals start out doing their work “on the side” of whatever else they are doing in life. When people find out you…
Expanding Your Freelance Business, or Turning it Into an Agency
This post is a reblog, originally published on Training for Translators. It has been republished here with permission from the author. From the Next…
ATA65 Conference Preview: Business Practices Education at ATA65
Autumn is in the air again. For me, the beginning of the season means mountains covered in brightly colored trees, fresh apples—along with apple…
The Global Reads Book Club
Translators read all day long in their second language and interpreters speak all day long in their working pairs. As language professionals, we want…
Getting Your Freelance Business Ready for a Summer Slowdown
This post is a reblog, originally published in the Slator Tool Box. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. My translation clients are…
Breaking Into Book Translation
Recently, a colleague with ample translation experience contacted me with some questions about breaking into book translations. For freelance translators, fiction and non-fiction books…
Narrowing Down, When You Want to Do Everything
This post is a reblog, originally published on the Training for Translators blog. It is republished here with permission of the author. How to…
Adding New Services and Admitting I Was Wrong
From the Next Level team: At some point in their professional lives, many linguists consider adding a new service to their portfolio. A major…
The Case Against Raising Your Translation Rates In 2024 (and why it doesn’t hold water)
This post is an updated version of article that originally appeared on the LION Translation Academy blog. It is published here with permission of…
Managing Your Freelance Client Portfolio
This post is a reblog, originally published in the Slator Tool Box. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. An agency that…
Oh BOI, oh BOI! New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for Small (and Large) Businesses
BOI is short for Beneficial Ownership Information, meaning, information about who actually owns or controls a company. On January 1, 2024 a new Federal…