Quoting a Large Translation Project
By May Fung Danis and Steven Marzuola May Fung Danis and Steven Marzuola each responded to a question about writing a proposal for a…
Anatomy of an ATA Conference
By Jennifer Guernsey Reblogged from the ATA Chronicle (February 2015) with permission from the author After hearing colleagues raise interesting questions regarding ATA’s…
6 Ways to Foster a Strong Relationship with your Project Manager and Earn More Work
As a freelance translator, some of your projects will come from language service providers (LSPs) as opposed to direct clients. If you attend the…
German Immersion Strategies for Expatriates and Other Deutsch-Fans
By Marion Rhodes Being aware of linguistic trends is crucial for translators. To avoid language atrophy, those of us who have traded our native…
What is a Certified Translation?
By Caitilin Walsh Reblogged from The ATA Compass blog with permission from the author In the United States a certified translation consists of the following…
A Slammin’ Good Time at #ata57
For all our camaraderie, we translators rarely have the opportunity to get a glimpse of each other’s work. But at this year’s ATA conference,…
5 Pitfalls to Avoid in Your Freelance Translator Web Copy
by David Friedman Imagine you are your own ideal client and you stumble across your translation website. Would you be able to find out…
Death by a Thousand Cuts
By Juan Lizama Reblogged from the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters blog with permission from the author It is not the complex syntax,…
What to ask your client before starting a translation
By Oleg Semerikov (@TranslatFamily) Reblogged from the Translators Family blog with permission from the author (incl. the image) Every translation job is different – that…
The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting: A Multifaceted Resource
By Helen Eby One of my resources is The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting, edited by Holly Mikkelson and Renée Jourdenais. Its twenty-seven chapters cover…
Entering the Big Game
How I started out only working for direct clients in my target language country, Sweden Background I decided to study to be a translator…
Multilingual profiles on LinkedIn
By Catherine Christaki (@LinguaGreca) LinkedIn was launched in 2003 and is currently the third most popular social network in terms of unique monthly visitors,…