Nov

28

Using Twitter to micro-blog live

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Check out Philippa Hammond’s write-up of the Translator as Strategic Partner Conference over at Blogging Translator. Philippa was micro-blogging live over the conference weekend and has used her updates as a basis for her post. A fantastic example of how to use Twitter in a professional context.
More than that though, her post contains some really [...]

Nov

24

First impressions: translating in the UK vs translating in Australia

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The last eight months have been a real roller-coaster ride professionally speaking, as I’ve tried to settle into life on the Other Side of the World. On the one hand, despite my best efforts to stay connected virtually, at times I’ve felt isolated and demotivated without the face-to-face contact that I enjoyed with my peers [...]

Nov

18

Mobile translating at its best

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This has nothing at all to do with translation. Except that, much like my profession of choice, it too is utterly, impossibly cool.

I’ve decided to divert our house-deposit fund towards this instead - a steal at US$129,000. Can’t you just see me translating away in the front passenger seat?!
HT to Bridgette over at Unclutterer for [...]

Nov

17

Tis the season to be conferenced

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I attended the 2008 AUSIT Biennial National Conference in Brisbane this weekend, and was pleased to come away with some fantastic new contacts and a much clearer view of the role of translation in Australia. Until I have a chance to write up my notes, here’s a list of posts relating to other conference and [...]

Nov

15

Surviving versus thriving as a translator

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Corinne McKay over at Thoughts on Translation looks at some of the common features she’s identified in high-earning translators in an excellent post called Secrets of six-figure translators.
Personally, I think working for direct clients has the biggest potential impact on earnings for freelance translators, and her point about being a businessperson/translator is spot on. Direct [...]

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