Following the steps of most freelance translators, I created a fan page on Facebook and a profile on Twitter in order to get in touch with fellow freelancing translators and get up to date with all the latest information on…
As all translators working from home, I, too am in the need of being in touch with the world outside my office, mainly being online in several social and communication networks while I work. While having a short but well-earned…
In the professional course of a freelance translator’s career, a translation agency from hell is bound to appear. I always thought that such things only happened to other fellow translators and hoped it would never happen to me! WRONG! The…
Every professional working in a company is expecting a pay raise, a promotion at some point. Most companies have such schemes, basis on years of service or even when an employee adds an academic qualification needed by the company. What…
When I set up my office back in 2007, I decided to work a part-time post at the Foundation of Research and Technology (www.forth.gr), in the Institute of Computer Science. I kept the part-time post until end of June this…
YES! It does happen even to the top-notch freelance translators out there! A period of time that no work is arriving in the inboxes! Some consider it a disaster! You have two choices: the first is to sit down and…
Recently I was asked by a new client to play a role I had never played before: the third eye! A translation was produced by a colleague, and the end product was evaluated by a proofreader. The comments and changes…
After working endless hours, weeks and months, I decided that it was time for a well-earned holiday. And what a more appropriate place to visit than Rome! So, I worked extra hours to finish a month-long project a little bit…
The most wonderful time of the year! Decorations, Christmas lights, presents, friends, family, songs! How a freelance translator does goes through this very merry period? Last year, just a couple of months after sending those first CVs to agencies around…
Birthdays are somewhat a difficult experience: for some it is an excuse to celebrate the whole day (or night!), for others is just another year older but not wiser! When the day came last year, I recall working throughout it…