One-Eyed and Canny: Why You Should, and Can, Market Your Services through Public Speaking
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Narrowing Down When You Want to Do Everything
An “I want to do everything” mindset is common to freelancers. The key here, if you know you have this tendency, is to ask yourself some big-picture questions for discernment.
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Some Fundamentals of Project Management
At its most basic, managing expectations is about proactive, clear, and explicit communication. Managing expectations is also about showing respect for one’s partners in the collaborative translation process.
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Resources for You: ATA’s New Model Contract for Translators
The revised ATA Model Job Contract is available online! This template-style form was developed from best practices in the industry and includes standard conditions and terms that should be defined for every job. Translators who don’t have their own contract or want to amend their current agreements can now use ATA’s version and adapt it to their own situations.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Recent Independent Contractor Classification Rule Changes and What They Mean for Translators and Interpreters
Insights from the Advocacy and Business Practices Education Committees of the American Translators Association on the DOL’s final rule on worker classification under the…
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Resources For You: ATA’s New Model Contract for Translators
I’d like to say I’m fascinated by every aspect of my work as a freelance translator, but it wouldn’t be an honest statement. The…
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ATA’s Mastermind Program for Members: What Is It and Who Can Benefit
Most translators and interpreters go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard work. What many fail to see, however, is the difficulty in running a business alone and not always knowing what to do next. This is where ATA’s Mastermind Program can help!
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E95: Inside Specialization – Opportunities in the Era of AI
In this ATA Podcast episode of Inside Specialization, Daniel Sebesta, ATA’s Language Technology Division (LTD) administrator, and Bridget Hylak, LTD assistant administrator, interview Konstantin Dranch, co-founder of Custom.MT, on a variety of topics surrounding machine translation and AI.
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All in One and One in All – Balancing Salaried and Freelance Work
This post is a reblog, originally published at Tip of the Tongue. It is republished with permission of the author. Many freelancers, including translators,…
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