Becoming a Legal Translator

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 24, 2020

This post originally appeared on Capital Translations and it is republished with permission. Unless you have studied Law, it is rather tricky to know how…

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Translators and Interpreters: The True Influencers

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 17, 2020

In this article, I will define influencers as those who make change happen, who are catalysts of the developments they seek. In translation and…

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Strategies for Translation Providers in an Uncertain World… A Survival Guide

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 10, 2020

This post originally appeared on the blog The translation business and it is republished with permission. Sometimes, how we translators run our professional lives and…

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Shipping Wars: A TV Course for New Entrepreneurs

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 3, 2020

One of the biggest problems for people entering the translation profession is a lack of hands-on, street level business experience. Many don’t understand the…

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Readings, Tools, and Useful Links for Corpus Analysis

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 27, 2020

This post originally appeared on the blog In My Own Terms and it is republished with permission. The following list is a result of…

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Buddies Welcome Newbies at ATA61

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 20, 2020

This year’s Buddies Welcome Newbies features not only a new format but also a new experience. Read on to learn more about how to…

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Starting Out in Translation? Find a Mentor!

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 13, 2020

This post originally appeared on sciword and it is republished with permission. I was reading one of Kevin Lossner’s blog posts from 2010, titled…

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Teacher’s Top Ten: Business Practices

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 6, 2020

One of the main reasons we encourage students to join ATA is to take advantage of the wellspring of knowledge surrounding best practices—the kind…

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Three Lessons: Humility, Collaboration, Perseverance

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 29, 2020

This post originally appeared on Word Prisms and it is republished with permission. All three – in that order – hold the key to…

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International Translation Day: It Wouldn’t be Possible without Translators and Interpreters!

By ATA | September 22, 2020

2020 has been a year of changes and “new normals” but one thing hasn’t changed: translators and interpreters still power the world’s communications. ATA…

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Translator’s Star Wars: 7 Lessons from the Saga

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 15, 2020

This post originally appeared on Just Translate It and it is republished with permission. Searching for a balance between creativity and routine As an…

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Freelance Finance: Setting Rates

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 8, 2020

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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