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Speaking of Translation call recording
On June 13, Eve Bodeux and I broadcast the latest installment in our series of Speaking of Translation conference calls. This call focused on “taking your freelance business on the road,” and we talked...
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Goals for 2012: are you halfway there?
Shockingly enough, June 30, and with it the end of the second quarter of 2012, is on Saturday. It’s a great time of year to evaluate your progress on your 2012 goals, while you still have six months...
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Tour of the UN Office in Geneva
If you find yourself in Switzerland with some time for a professional development day, I highly recommend the tour of the UN Office in Geneva (UNOG). Here’s the link to the information about the tour....
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Upcoming session of “Getting Started as a Freelance Translator”
If you’d like to launch or improve your freelance translation business this fall, I’ll be offering my four-week online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starting on August 15. This class...
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See you at ATA!
Friday, September 21 is the last day to register for the upcoming American Translators Association conference (October 24-27 in San Diego) at the Early Bird rate. If you know you’ll be attending, hop...
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Torn between two cultures
I’m guessing that most people in the translation industry are used to this question: “Which do you like better…(insert the name of your native country) or (insert the name of your “adopted”...
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ATA conference wrapup
After a fantastic week in San Diego at the 53rd annual conference of the American Translators Association, I’m back at my desk, catching up on backlogged e-mail and work. I know, I’m by nature a...
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The software companies respond!
Ahead of last week’s ATA conference, I asked readers what you would like to tell your translation tool vendor. And with 27 comments (although some of those were me!), the post generated a lot of...
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Next session of “Getting Started as a Freelance Translator” starts Wednesday
The next session of my online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on Wednesday, November 7 and I have three or four spots left (depending on who signs up today!). The last three...
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Wrapping up 2012
It’s snowing here in Colorado and the last day of school is Friday, meaning that it’s time to put some wrapping paper on 2012 and call it a year! I always find it helpful to look over my...
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Upcoming session of Getting Started as a Freelance Translator
The next session of my online course, Getting Started as a Freelance Translator, starts on February 13. You can read the complete description or register for the course here. All of the course sessions...
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Giving Coursera a try
As I mentioned in my recent people who rock the industry interview, I think that subject area knowledge is one of the most important trends we’ll see in translation in the next few years. To read a...
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Why do some freelance translators fail?
I’m not a great “tough love” advice-dispenser, but I’m going to give it a try. I work with a lot of beginning translators in my online course (shameless self-promo: the next session starts on April 3...
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Speaking of Translation call: freelance sabbaticals abroad
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 20 at 12 noon New York time, Eve Bodeux and I will be putting on our Speaking of Translation hats for a free conference call. Visit our Speaking of Translation website for...
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Speaking of Translation recording is online
If you missed yesterday’s Speaking of Translation conference call on freelance sabbaticals abroad, the recording is now on our website. You don’t need to download anything to listen! Eve Bodeux, Tess...
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Unplugging: why and how
I’m a big believer in taking at least one unplugged vacation per year: no computer, no work phone. I think that it’s important for a few reasons. Such as: Work gets a lot of my undivided attention when...
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Upcoming professional development opportunities
If you’re looking to brush up your translation skills, here are a few upcoming opportunities to take a look at: Right here in Colorado, the annual Colorado Translators Association mid-year conference...
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Chris Durban in Chicago on May 4
I’ve often referred to Chris Durban as “the Michael Jordan of freelance translators,” given her numerous and varied contributions to our industry. And check this out: Chris is coming to speak in...
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Time management survey for freelancers
At the upcoming Colorado Translators Association annual conference and potentially at the 2013 ATA conference, I’ll be presenting a session on Time Management for Freelancers. To gather some data on...
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Getting Started as a Freelance Translator-starts next week
The next session of my four-week online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on Wednesday, May 8, and I have about three spots left (depending on who registers today!). This class is...
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