Summary of the ATA Compensation Survey
To address the need for a comprehensive picture of the market for translation and interpreting services, ATA recently conducted a compensation survey. The ATA Compensation Survey serves to provide professional practitioners and others with an overview of the income and pay rate data of translators, interpreters, and company owners working in the U.S.
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Four Toxic Mindsets That Can Kill Your Translation Career Before It Starts
When I was president of the Michigan Translators/Interpreters Network (MiTiN, pronounced “mitten,” get it?) a few years ago, I saw a long-lost member at…
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Volume Discounts: Should I or Should I Not?
When was the last time you were asked to provide a volume discount? My guess is not too long ago. Did you say “yes”…
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B2BB Review – Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Planning for Freelancers
I live in Oregon. In case you don’t already know, Oregon and the Northwest are overdue for a huge earthquake. A few times a…
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7 Marketing and Productivity Tools for Gmail and Google Workspace (G Suite) Users
This post is a reblog, originally published on Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo’s blog. It is reposted with permission from the author. As freelance translators and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Creating Interpreting Price Quotes for the New Normal
There’s no doubt that 2021 was a difficult year—a difficult almost two years, actually. Every profession has been affected by the pandemic in a…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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