Aug

29

The MT’s top 5 contemporary women translators

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The Masked Translator, ‘Zorro of the translation blog world’, has posted a list of the top 5 contemporary women translators here, along with some excellent links to interviews and other details. The list includes Sawako Nakayasu (Japanese into English), Sevin Okyay (English to Turkish), Nora Gal (French to Russian), Tiina Nunnally (various Scandinavian languages into [...]

Aug

27

Making sure you get paid

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This one has been around a few months already but is still worth mentioning: a post evaluating various agency rating lists over at About Translation.
Agency rating lists are sites or groups specifically devoted to collecting information about translation agencies from translators. These ratings are then made available to other translators, either for free or [...]

Aug

20

Hello to the Brazen Careerists

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A big hello to readers linking through from my recent Brazen Careerist article on life in London. You might find these articles of particular interest:

There’s dumb and then there’s dumber - my response to a Gen Y critic
My personal productivity nirvana - a write-up of my search for the perfect productivity tool
Being your own boss [...]

Aug

20

Life in London

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Interested in living in London? There’s a guide to making London your home here, with tips under four headings:

Get a job (including working freelance)
Find a place to live
Meet people
Wind down

And it’s by me
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Aug

14

The Royal We: Why Small is the New Big

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Seth Godin writes the most popular marketing blog in the world. So it’s reasonable to assume that when he writes about something, there just might be something to it. The good news for freelance translators is that for some time now he’s been saying that small is the new big. And some other great [...]

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