Minutes from The Savvy Newcomer Logbook

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 23, 2015

June 15, 2015. After a few months of letting The Savvy Newcomer ship fly the flags of other bloggers, the Captain and Crew had…

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The Interpreter’s Voice(s) – 1

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 19, 2015

By Brian Harris Reblogged from Unprofessional Translation blog with permission from the author (including the image) The other day I was reading a comprehensive manual of interpreter…

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8 Skills you Must Have to Succeed as a Freelance Translator—and How to Get Them

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 5, 2015

By Tess Whitty Reblogged from Marketing Tips for Translators blog with permission from the author (including the image) Having been a freelance translator for over…

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11 tips for new freelance translators on the hunt for their first assignments

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 7, 2015

By Nicole Y. Adams Reblogged from NYA Communications blog with permission from the author (including the image) A while ago a new colleague on a translators’ forum asked…

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Our “Mother Tongue”: Keeping it Fresh in a Foreign Land

By The Savvy Newcomer | March 31, 2015

By Helen Eby Estemed friends, It seems to make much time that I don’t write to you.—Ramón, in “Ramón Writes,” an Argentine column published…

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The Ins and Outs of Term Validation

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 24, 2015

By Patricia Brenes Reblogged from In My Own Terms with permission from the author (including the images) Every step in term processing during the preparation of…

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Do you know your ideal customer? Creating a customer avatar for your freelance translation business

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 10, 2015

By Tess Whitty Reblogged from Marketing Tips for Translators with permission from the author (including the image) The other week I interviewed Alessandra Martelli on creating…

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Go National or Stay Local?

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 4, 2015

by Giovanna Lester in collaboration with The Savvy Newcomer Team Full disclosure: I am one of the co-founders and currently the president of the…

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A tour of celebrations around the world through different time zones!

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 18, 2014

By The Savvy Newcomer Team and Friends The Savvy Newcomer is read in many countries, by translators and interpreters who work in many languages.…

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Marketing to Direct Clients

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 2, 2014

Reblogged from the ATA Business Practices. Instead of working exclusively for agencies, many translators and interpreters are discovering that working for direct clients is…

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What to do when things slow down…

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 25, 2014

By Helen Eby As freelancers, we are thrilled when we get a lot of work! Then we go pretty crazy with the load, saying…

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Lesson 94: 9 Negotiation mistakes every translator has been guilty of at least once

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 11, 2014

By Marta Stelmaszak Reblogged from Want Words with permission from the author I thought it was a very relevant topic to cover because of many misconceptions…

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