Back in March, I wrote a post about my search for a different office phone setup. I had been using a custom ring number (inexpensive but doesn’t allow separate outgoing messages for the home and office numbers) and had excluded the option of a business cell phone, simply because I dislike carrying and talking on [...]
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Update on communication tools
Posted in Freelancing, Professional associations, Working from home on December 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
ATA conference wrapup
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development on November 1, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I’m back from last week’s ATA conference in Boston, and I’m happy to report that it was highly enjoyable! If you attended the conference and haven’t yet given ATA your feedback, here’s the online form, and if you fill it out by November 25 you’ll be entered in a drawing for a free registration to [...]
Upcoming ATA conference
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development on October 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The 52nd annual conference of the American Translators Association is fast approaching (preconference seminar day is this Wednesday, October 26) and I’m looking forward to seeing lots of colleagues and great presentations in Boston! This year I’m involved with three sessions: IC-3, Working Successfully with a Translation Partner from 10:00-11:00 AM on Friday. Eve Bodeux [...]
Tips for first-time ATA conference attendees
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development, Webinar questions, Webinars on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Although I just posted a bunch of links yesterday, these are too good not to share! German to English translator Jill Sommer has presented the first-time attendees’ orientation at the ATA conference for many years, and she restyled that presentation into a webinar. It covers topics such as how to prepare for the conference, how [...]
Some thoughts on professional photographs
Posted in Marketing, Professional associations on September 7, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Thanks to Chris Durban for suggesting this post topic! Let’s say that you want to hire a professional services provider: maybe a business accountant, a copyright attorney, a web designer or a marketing consultant. You’re clicking through that person’s website, and on their About page, you see a photograph. Great! It’s always helpful to get [...]
Obtaining your Certified Translator seal
Posted in Professional associations, Professional certification on August 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »
At the beginning of August, Portuguese translator/interpreter Cris Silva wrote about her newly-obtained ATA-certified translator seal. This is an exciting development for all of us CTs (as ATA-certified translators can now call themselves!): a great addition to a certified translator’s marketing materials and official document translations. Call me technologically disabled, but I had a hard [...]
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, [...]
Webinar question: Preparing for the ATA certification exam
Posted in Professional associations, Professional certification, Webinar questions on December 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
This is post #3 in my ongoing series of questions from the webinar on “Getting started as a freelance translator” that I presented for the American Translators Association earlier this month. A participant asks: How can I prepare for the ATA certification exam? Short answer: Order a practice test from ATA; at $50 (including return [...]
Reviewing your professional association memberships
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development on December 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to my friend and colleague Eve Bodeux for suggesting this timely post! Now that we’re less than a month from the new year, you’re probably receiving membership renewal notices from the professional associations to which you belong. You may also be receiving solicitations to join new associations. Following are some tips on deciding whether [...]
ATA conference wrapup
Posted in Professional associations, Professional development, Translation industry news, Translation quality on November 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I know that this post will show my local bias, but this year’s ATA conference in Denver was just fantastic. I didn’t actually take any photos, but you can see a few on Jill Sommer’s blog and look at the daily conference slide show on the ATA website. Thanks to Jeff Sanfacon of ATA for [...]
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Corinne McKay is an ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, law and non-fiction books. She launched Thoughts on Translation in February, 2008 as a way to connect and share ideas with freelance translators around the world.
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