To start the week off, here’s a great question that I received from reader Dorota Krysinska. She asks: “…could you explain in your blog how it happened that you started specializing in legal, corporate communications and public health/international development translations? Did you have any background in these fields? I have been wondering how someone like [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Reader question: developing translation specializations
Posted in Getting started as a translator on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Where do you keep your money?
Posted in Money on August 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
One of my business goals for this year (because the new year should really start with the school year, don’t you think?) is to do better with managing my business finances. I already pay myself a regular salary but there are definitely areas for improvement. Specifically, I feel like I’m drowning in bank accounts, but [...]
Some thoughts from Translate in the Catskills
Posted in Translation industry news on August 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This past weekend, I had the good fortune to attend Translate in the Catskills, a conference on target language writing skills for translators. Where to start? This conference made me think more about the actual quality and style of my translations than I have in a long time, and made me realize that there are [...]
The importance of scripts
Posted in Uncategorized on August 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m a big believer in writing scripts for important occasions; the first time that I presented at the ATA annual conference (a presentation on free and open source software at the 2004 ATA conference in Toronto), I typed out every single word I was going to say, including a few pre-scripted jokes. When Eve Bodeux [...]
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