All freelancers, including translators, attend conferences in their fields to gain new insights in their professions, to open their minds to new ideas, to meet peers and to network with other colleagues. The next conference of this kind I am…
Those acquainted with the work of a freelance translator, not those actually working as translators, but clients and people that have used the services of one, are well aware that translators do not translate every text under the sun, they…
By now, you have decided, designed and produced your material. The next step is to consider what to do with them and how these can serve your freelance business. Client Loyalty Club We all have been on holidays and…
There are so many tasks and activities in the daily To-Do-List of a freelance translator that sometimes certain things are neglected or our sourced in order to be able for all the daily tasks to be completed on time. Then…
One of the New Year resolutions was my email migration! Yes, it was a task that I was dreading for a very long time. Since the beginning of my career, I had set up a Hotmail email account. This email…
Reflecting everything that happened in 2013, a year that marked significant changes for my freelance translation office, one project seems to stand out from all the others. Not that the rest of the projects were not interested or less passionately…
I was meant to write this mini blog post way before the Christmas and New Year celebrations, so that I can actually offer its content as a present to 20 upstanding colleagues and friends, but when I make plans, someone…
As we are reaching the end of 2013, I thought I should reflect everything that happened in 2013! It was indeed a rather controversial year, with its ups and downs, with a mixture of exciting and happy moments! Here are…
Marketing: an integral part for the expansion of business. This applies to companies and freelancers alike. After all, freelancers are a type of a company, with a more personal touch. Most of the time, freelancers are called to fulfill the…
In this fast pacing business world when everything happens in the speed of light, information seems to be passed on a different pace in various counties in the world. Primarily, all information is passed on the world in English. Being…