Posted in Nubbin, Technology, Translation quality on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
A while ago, I wrote about both my love of the free and open source translation environment tool OmegaT and my frustration with tags in OmegaT. Since then, I’ve found that the easiest solution, as long as the document doesn’t contain complex formatting, is to save the document as plain text, then translate in OmegaT [...]
Posted in Freelancing, Links, Nubbin on June 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been handling a string of rush jobs today, but here is a link to Masked Translator’s excellent new post, When your client goes bankrupt. The information on bankruptcy is very helpful (this was also discussed in a recent ATA Chronicle article) and there is also some very good general information on client solvency and [...]
Posted in Links, Nubbin on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Michelle Rafter’s guest post for The Urban Muse, on being a freelancer and being a mom. Michelle is a writer, but her advice applies to translators too!
Gabe Bokor’s post about Entering the Translation Market. Gabe is a seasoned translator and agency owner, and he offers some very insightful tips.
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Posted in Freelancing, Nubbin on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jill Sommer’s blog “Musings from an overworked translator” has a great post on the definition of “end of day.” This is a subject that’s a frequent subject of jokes between myself and a friend of mine, who is also a freelance translator and also has a young family, since our “end of day” is often [...]
Posted in Nubbin on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
This is another image from iStockphoto, “Uluru at Sunset II” by Timothy Ball
Posted in Links, Nubbin, Translation quality on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is an interesting post from the blog “Working Languages” about the EU’s shortage of qualified into-English interpreters. The EU blames the candidates’ poor English skills, characterized by overuse of the word “like,” while the blogger argues that a larger culprit is the lack of financial incentives for qualified interpreters.
Posted in Links, Nubbin, Translation quality on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is an interesting post from Nataly Kelly’s blog “From Our Lips to Your Ears,” about the real costs of using unqualified or incompetent interpreters.
Posted in Humor, Links, Nubbin on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Thanks to reader (and outstanding colleague!) Jill Sommer for sending the link to this post from the blog “Resumé Hell” (amusing takes on job searching, written by a recruiter), featuring a cover letter produced by an online translation tool.
Posted in Links, Nubbin on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Translator and translation agency owner Glenn Cain recently started a blog on his Yndigo translations site. It’s a great read and covers topics ranging from the use of sic to translator certification to how to select an interpreter. Give it a look, especially if you’re inside on a snowy day like the one we’re having [...]
Posted in Announcements, Nubbin on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday, May 10 in Denver, my colleague Eve Bodeux and I will be presenting a half-day seminar on “How to Succeed
as a Freelance Translator.” It is a nuts and bolts session that
applies to any language combination and focuses on developing a
marketing plan, finding and keeping well-paying translation clients,
writing a translation-targeted [...]
