Enhanced Productivity with Text Expansion
I haven’t typed my full name or email address in years. Instead, I type abbreviations that get expanded after I type a punctuation mark…
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How to Use Your Website to Get Translation Clients
This is a summary post from Tess Whitty’s ebook Quick Start Guide: 10 Steps to an Optimized Website, published in 2019. Having a website…
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Scams and Default to Truth
If you’d walk into a major bookstore today, one of the first books you see on display will have Malcolm Gladwell’s name on it.…
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Setting Goals for Your Freelance Business: An Important Job Satisfaction Tool
I have been teaching business classes for freelance translators for about 15 years, so I’ve seen “under the hood” of many freelancers’ businesses. The…
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Educating the “Uneducated” Client
This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. Because of the nature of our work, we translators are…
Read MoreATA’s Back to Business Basics: Phone and Email Etiquette for Freelancers
How can you use email and phone communication to make a good impression on your current and potential clients? This is one of the…
Read MoreWhat the Business Practices Education Committee Is Doing for ATA Members
ATA’s Business Practices Education Committee offers many opportunities for members to get involved, give back to the Association, work with fellow members, and broaden their professional network.
Read MoreWhy You Need to Keep Swipe Files for Your T&I Business
Swipe files are something I believe every translator or interpreter should be keeping for their business, regardless of whether they prefer to work with…
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When School Comes Home: Making Room in the Day for Distance Learning
This article originally appeared in the ATA Chronicle-Online. Once upon a time, in a land that now seems very far away, many parents were…
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ATA Compensation Survey
ATA announces the launch of its Compensation Survey As an ongoing effort to provide business strategies and solutions, this survey is an important service…
Read MoreIs There a Future in Freelance Translation? Let’s Talk About It!
This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. While the demand for translation services is at a record…
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