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…
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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…
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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…
Read MoreSetting Goals for Your Freelance Business: An Important Job Satisfaction Tool
The following was originally published on Next Level: The ATA Business Practices Blog. This initiative by ATA’s Business Practices Education Committee provides information for…
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How’s Your English?
Most of us have heard it before: To be a good translator, you have to be a good writer. Today this maxim is truer…
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Enhanced Productivity with Text Expansion
This post is a reblog, originally published in the Audiovisual Division Part of the American Translators Association’s Deep Focus Newsletter, Issue 7 in 2020. It…
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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
This post is a reblog, originally published on the Austin Area Translators & Interpreters Association blog. It is reposted with permission from the author.…
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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…
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Business and Marketing Tips for Translators: Direct Client Contact Ideas
This post originally appeared on The ATA Chronicle and it is republished with permission. Companies are looking for someone who is more than just…
Read MoreNew ATA e-book for Translation Newbies: Your Go-to Guide for Starting Out
So, you’re interested in starting a career in translation… chances are you have a lot of questions! You might be wondering whether you need…
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