As is true for so many of us, when I started my freelance career in 2015 I had no idea what the future would bring. But I hoped that, if nothing else, it would allow me to grow. To grow as both a professional and as a person, by experimenting, learning from my mistakes, making […]
My 6-step recipe to a professional photoshoot
I’m a firm believer in the power of a good solid personal brand. And even though I’m terrible at maintaining a distinctive look (I can’t go three months without drastically changing my hair), I make an effort to assure my online presence is updated accordingly. That means I’ve worked my way through quite a few […]
A Guide to Dealing With Client Complaints
No one is infallible. No matter how good a translator you are, you can make mistakes. Or, sometimes, even if you haven’t made a mistake, your client can still be convinced you have. As a freelancer and solopreneur, there’s no sales department you can forward the email on to. Worse luck. There’s no handy phone […]
How to Speak Translator: Writing Project Descriptions
So, you need something translated. If you’ve never dealt with a freelance translator before, it’s entirely natural that you have very little idea of what that translator might need to know before they can tell you how much your project is going to cost. As a freelancer with over a decade of experiences, I’ve received […]
Tools for Translators
Every translator worth their salt has a whole box crammed full of tools that they’d be pretty stuck without. Whilst the uninitiated might think that translation is as simple as opening a Word document and swapping one language for another, there are actually quite a few tools involved in keeping a translator’s show on the […]