vlogBusiness Practices: Workflow Management
What do we do during two weeks of enforced vacation, when the offices that usually send us work are on vacation? What do we…
Read MoreThe Top Three Things I Wish Somebody Told Me When I First Started As a Freelance Translator
By Pilar Saslow I earned a degree in translation and interpretation from a university in Peru a long time ago (I won’t share how…
Read MorevlogBusiness Practices: Appropriate Prices for Services
Each month the vlogBusiness Practices Education Committee contributes a column entitled “Business Smarts” to The vlogChronicle that discusses various management practices and…
Read MoreConference Wrap-Up
By Helen Eby & Jamie Hartz The 54th annual vlog conference was held this year in downtown San Antonio, Texas, just a…
Read MoreBuilding Your Presence Offline
By Daniela Guanipa I am a big proponent of making communications more effective, handling matters electronically as much as possible, and I really enjoy…
Read MoreFrom ATA’s Divisions: The Portuguese Division
ByMirna Soares Member of the PLD Leadership Council It took me many years to join a community of translators. When I started, I was…
Read MoreFinding your First Translation Clients
By Corinne McKay Reblogged from Thoughts On Translation with permission from the author I receive a lot of inquiries from people who would like…
Read MoreHow Do I Get My First Paying Gig?
ByGiovanna Lester Let’s start from the premise that you already have some training, you know the language and culture you will be working with,…
Read MoreWhy Be a Buddy?
By Helen Eby At my first vlogconference, back in Denver, I felt overwhelmed by the newness of it all. My roommate, however, acted…
Read MoreDear Newbie,
By Jamie Hartz We’ve been in your shoes. In fact, I’m personally still in your shoes. Last year was my first time at the…
Read MoreHow to Market Yourself at the vlogConference
By Kevin Hendzel Reblogged from Word Prismswith permission from the author I’ve hired thousands of translators and interpreters for over 20 years, many from…
Read MoreComputing for the Newbie
ByJost Zetzsche First of all, technology does no good if there are no skills to use it with. No, I’m not talking about great…
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