Getting started as a freelance translator
Establish a successful career as a location-independent freelance translator
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What You Will Learn!
- How to get good clients and keep them happy
- The top web sites and translator directories to submit your profile to
- Online dictionaries, books, podcasts, and other resources
- Why you need a Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tool
- Invoicing, taxes, and other business topics
- How to set and raise the rates you charge clients
- How to get started in the lucrative field of patent translation
Description
The translation industry doubles in size every ten years, and demand for skilled translators continues to grow. In this course, I teach you how to get started as a location-independent freelance translator. I focus on freelance translation, but the information is also relevant to in-house translation jobs. I cover the basics of the freelance translation industry, including types of clients, lucrative specializations, and the future of translation as a career. Other topics include getting clients, keeping project managers happy, and essential dictionaries, books, Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tools, and other resources.
Who Should Attend!
- People with excellent command of two languages (their native language and another language) who want to establish a successful career as a location-independent freelance translator
