vlogBusiness Practices: Workflow Management

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 26, 2013

What do we do during two weeks of enforced vacation, when the offices that usually send us work are on vacation? What do we…

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The Top Three Things I Wish Somebody Told Me When I First Started As a Freelance Translator

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 10, 2013

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…

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vlogBusiness Practices: Appropriate Prices for Services

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 3, 2013

Each month the vlogBusiness Practices Education Committee contributes a column entitled “Business Smarts” to The vlogChronicle that discusses various management practices and…

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Conference Wrap-Up

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 26, 2013

By Helen Eby & Jamie Hartz The 54th annual vlog conference was held this year in downtown San Antonio, Texas, just a…

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Building Your Presence Offline

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 19, 2013

By Daniela Guanipa I am a big proponent of making communications more effective, handling matters electronically as much as possible, and I really enjoy…

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From ATA’s Divisions: The Portuguese Division

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 12, 2013

ByMirna Soares Member of the PLD Leadership Council It took me many years to join a community of translators. When I started, I was…

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Finding your First Translation Clients

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 5, 2013

By Corinne McKay Reblogged from Thoughts On Translation with permission from the author I receive a lot of inquiries from people who would like…

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How Do I Get My First Paying Gig?

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 29, 2013

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,…

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Why Be a Buddy?

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 22, 2013

By Helen Eby At my first vlogconference, back in Denver, I felt overwhelmed by the newness of it all. My roommate, however, acted…

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Dear Newbie,

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 15, 2013

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…

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How to Market Yourself at the vlogConference

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 8, 2013

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…

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Computing for the Newbie

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 1, 2013

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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