Courting the Sandman
MIRELLA lay still in her bed, though she felt every muscle twitching. She had tried tossing but could not get comfortable. Lying on her…
Protect Your Career by Protecting Your Eyes
How much time do you spend each day looking at some type of screen? Do you work on a computer, use a tablet to…
Savvy Diversification Series – How I Became a Mobile App Localizer
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
“I’ve Always Done It That Way!” – Breaking Out of Old Habits
This post is a reblog, originally published in the Tool Box Journal Newsletter, Issue 22-6-338 on June 15, 2022. It is reposted with permission from…
Savvy Diversification Series – Copyediting 101: What It Is, What It’s Not, and Who Needs It
The Savvy Newcomer team has been taking stock of the past year and finding that one key priority for many freelance translators and interpreters…
The Devil is in the Details: Why You Need to Start Using a Corpus to Localize and Translate Better
This post was originally published on Ana Lis Salotti Translations. It is reposted with permission. Do you know what a CORPUS is? Have you…
Mental Health in Freelance Translation: Setting Boundaries
This post is a reblog, originally published by Zingword on November 5, 2020. It is reposted with permission from the author. I recently had…
Increasing Rates for Your Existing Clients
Wherever you live and wherever you do business in the world, you will have noticed a major uptick in inflation in 2021 and especially…
Healthy Relationships with Translation Agencies and Project Managers
This post was originally published on A Translator Thinking Outside the Box. It is reposted with permission. December’s always been a crazy month for…
Editing Translations: Tips for Cultivating a Collaborative Mindset
Most translators I know also work as editors. There seems to be an industry assumption that translators do both by default. This makes sense,…
7 Ways to Grow Your Freelance Business With Client Referrals
This post is a reblog, originally published on Marketing Tips for Translators. It is reposted with permission from the author. Do you know what…
Make Yourself Ridiculously Referrable
This post was originally published on the 15 Minute Freelancer Podcast. It is republished with permission. Tell me, is there any better feeling as…