A little note before we get started: none of the links in this post are affiliate links, nor do I get a commission from any of the authors mentioned. I love reading (and writing!) books about translation; some of my new and recent favorites are Chris Durban’s The Prosperous Translator and Judy and Dagmar Jenner’s [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Some of my favorite non-translation business books
Posted in Book reviews, Professional development on May 25, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Some thoughts on volume discounts
Posted in Clients, Marketing, Money on May 20, 2011 | 24 Comments »
I get lots of questions from beginning and experienced translators about volume discounts (charging a lower per-word or hourly rate for larger projects). I actually think that after “how much should I charge?”, “should I offer a volume discount” might be the second most frequently-asked question that I see. Here are a few thoughts, and [...]
Some thoughts on small conferences
Posted in Professional associations on May 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In the past month I’ve attended two mid-year conferences, one organized by the ATA Translation Company Division and one that I helped organize for the Colorado Translators Association. Both of these conferences went very well, and both got me thinking about some of the differences between large conferences and small conferences. No question about it, [...]
Online course/Lexiophiles awards
Posted in Announcements on May 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A couple of announcements from the Thoughts on Translation world headquarters: The next session of my popular online course Getting Started as a Freelance Translator starts on Monday, and I have 3 spots left. This is a ground-up course for people with little or no experience as freelancers: you receive 6 PDF lessons, each including [...]
What’s next for Skype?
Posted in Technology on May 11, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Out in the Twittersphere, reaction to Microsoft’s purchase of Skype (what else do you do when you have $8.5 billion burning a hole in your pocket? Buy Skype!) seemed divided between a few points of view: Microsoft bought Skype so that Google or Facebook couldn’t buy it This could be good: Skype is a great [...]
Second edition of “How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator” is here!
Posted in Announcements on May 3, 2011 | 29 Comments »
I’m excited to announce that the second edition of How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator is officially available on Lulu; it will be available on Amazon and in retail locations in about 6-8 weeks. Thanks to everyone who made the first edition such a success; my vague goal when I published it in 2006 [...]
ATA-TCD wrapup
Posted in Links, Professional development on May 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I just returned from the mid-year conference of the American Translators Association Translation Company Division, which was held this past weekend in Washington, DC. This was without a doubt one of the best conferences I’ve attended; huge kudos to TCD Administrator Rina Ne’eman and Assistant Administrator Grant Hamilton for their incredible work to organize the [...]
