http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2008/09/22/if-you-want-to-feel-good-about-your-job/ ...the translation industry and becoming a translator Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thoughtsontranslation.com/2008/09/22/if-you-want-to-feel-good-about-your-job/#comment-602 Karen Tkaczyk Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:53:52 +0000 http://corinnemckay.wordpress.com/?p=225#comment-602 Happy Translation Day Corinnne. That's a good list. Thanks for the link. I'd like to see another one some time: reasons not to be a freelance translator. It would include things like 'you have to be able to organize yourself' at the top of the list, quickly followed by 'you have to write really well in your native language' and 'you have to be able to pay attention to detail'. Too many people who love the idea of freelancing focus on the freedom and the foreign language and forget the common sense stuff. Karen Happy Translation Day Corinnne.
That’s a good list. Thanks for the link. I’d like to see another one some time: reasons not to be a freelance translator. It would include things like ‘you have to be able to organize yourself’ at the top of the list, quickly followed by ‘you have to write really well in your native language’ and ‘you have to be able to pay attention to detail’. Too many people who love the idea of freelancing focus on the freedom and the foreign language and forget the common sense stuff.
Karen

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