The Global Reads Book Club
Translators read all day long in their second language and interpreters speak all day long in their working pairs. As language professionals, we want…
Adding New Services and Admitting I Was Wrong
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Getting Your Freelance Business Ready for a Summer Slowdown
This post is a reblog, originally published in the Slator Tool Box. It is reprinted here with permission of the author. My translation clients are…
Contract Terms: A Freelancer’s Roadmap to Success
As freelancers, we sign contracts with agencies or direct clients. It’s essential that the contracts we sign reflect our values and protect our rights. Understanding contract clauses can help us mitigate risks and limit liability.
Recent Independent Contractor Classification Rule Changes and What They Mean for Translators and Interpreters
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Breaking Into Book Translation
Recently, a colleague with ample translation experience contacted me with some questions about breaking into book translations. For freelance translators, fiction and non-fiction books…
Narrowing Down, When You Want to Do Everything
This post is a reblog, originally published on the Training for Translators blog. It is republished here with permission of the author. How to…
Adding New Services and Admitting I Was Wrong
From the Next Level team: At some point in their professional lives, many linguists consider adding a new service to their portfolio. A major…
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.
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.
How to Lose Customers
Customer retention depends on many factors, some of which are the result of pure luck and some of which can be managed by design. Since we cannot control the former, it’s even more important to work on deliberate strategies to maintain good customer relationships. There’s no magical,
one-size-fits-all approach that will work in all situations, but we can take steps to help us keep our best customers. Remember, it’s easier to keep existing customers happy than to find new ones.