ATA Compensation Survey, Sixth Edition
The ATA Compensation Survey is now available exclusively to ATA members for free. In 2021, ATA invited translators, interpreters, and T&I company owners in…
Successful Freelancing with ADHD and Other Brain-Based Conditions
If you continuously struggle to stay organized and tend to work long hours to compensate for daily distractions, learning about productivity can mean wading…
Creating a Social Media Plan for Busy Translators
This post was originally published on Integrated MarCom Translations blog. It is reposted with permission. No doubt you’ve heard it before: If you’re trying…
Creating Interpreting Price Quotes for the New Normal
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Ready to Plan for a Mid- to Long-Term Medical Leave? Part 2
In the last post, we looked at the financial issues underpinning a need for COVID-related medical leave. This week, we turn to organizational issues.…
Mentoring Program
Get the Support You Need ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees and mentors benefit from…
Ready to Plan for a Mid- to Long-Term Medical Leave? Part 1
The idea for this post was born on my most stressful day in recent memory: the day I took three of my children to…
Mastermind Program
Don’t go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail…
How to Get Approved for a Mortgage as a Self-Employed Person
Imagine if you could freeze your rent payment forever. Now imagine that it could disappear by the time you retire. That financial advantage is…
Freelance Finance: Paying Taxes
Here at The Savvy Newcomer we understand that it can be intimidating to talk about money. It’s often a sticky subject, but we feel…
How and Why You Should Diversify Your Freelance Translation Business (COVID-19 Series)
This post was originally published on Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo’s blog. It is reposted with permission. More and more translators are seeing the need to…
Teamwork: The Pros and Cons of Being a Lone Wolf or a Pack Animal
This post is a reblog, originally published on Nikki Graham’s blog, My Words for a Change, and later published in the ATA Chronicle. It…