Thoughts on Translation is winding down for vacation, and will be on hiatus until mid-July. A few updates on previously-mentioned issues: Back in March I wrote a post about options for home office phone service. I switched my office line to Vonage Lite (since discontinued by Vonage and repackaged as the US and Canada 300 [...]
Archive for June, 2011
A few random updates
Posted in Announcements, Links on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Book launch webinar is Friday; online course coming up
Posted in Announcements on June 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This Friday (June 24) at 9 AM Mountain (Denver) time, Eve Bodeux and I are going to do a question and answer webinar about the second edition of my book, How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator. The webinar is free, and we’ll be raffling off two copies of the book as well. Hope to [...]
Some thoughts on hourly and salaried pay
Posted in Clients, Money, Productivity on June 21, 2011 | 12 Comments »
In the early days of Thoughts on Translation (March, 2008 to be exact), I wrote a post on charging by the word versus charging by the hour. For a long time, it was the most active post on my blog and it inspired some interesting and heated discussion. Get Rich Slowly’s post today is on [...]
What types of incentives work best for you?
Posted in Freelancing, Productivity on June 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Especially when you work on your own, incentives can be an important part of succeeding in business (and in life, for that matter!). It’s important to figure out what kinds of incentives work for you, so that you can use them to advantage. For example, you might encounter some of the following types of incentives [...]
Upcoming webinars
Posted in Announcements, Professional development on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In our incarnation as Speaking of Translation, Eve Bodeux and I are offering two webinars in the near future. They are: A book launch webinar for the second edition of my book “How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator,” on Friday, June 24 at 9 AM Mountain Time. This one will be short (about half [...]
Free book launch webinar
Posted in Announcements on June 9, 2011 | 6 Comments »
On Friday, June 24 at 9 AM Mountain (Denver) Time, Eve Bodeux and I will be presenting a free webinar to launch the second edition of my book “How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator.” With over 4,500 copies in print, the first edition of the book has become a go-to reference for beginning and [...]
Translate in the Catskills 2011
Posted in Announcements on June 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Translate in the Catskills 2011 is open for registration! This is a niche conference focused on style and writing skills for translators, and the main tracks are French to English and English to French, although translators in other language combinations are welcome. I’ve been raving about the first edition of Translate in the Catskills since [...]
What about TM discounts?
Posted in Clients, Marketing, Money on June 7, 2011 | 16 Comments »
During the recent discussion on volume discounts, a number of readers brought up the (very valid) issue of translation memory discounts. I feel a can of worms about to open here, but I’ll inject some of my thoughts on TM discounts. First caveat: I am neither a huge fan of nor a heavy user of [...]
Thank you for your votes!
Posted in Announcements on June 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who voted in the recent Lexiophiles blog contest for 2011. I’m excited that Thoughts on Translation is officially the 22nd most popular blog by a language professional! And huge congratulations to Judy and Dagmar Jenner for taking the top honors; they deserve it!
