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Freelance Or In-House Staff In The Translation Industry

Practical tips to help you resolve the dilemma When you have set up a translation agency you are not likely to bother about hiring staff at first, as you will have to invest all of your energy and effort in putting

How To Find Clients As A Freelance Translator

You’ve decided to take the plunge and set up shop for yourself. You’ve bought yourself a computer with all conceivable virtual connections, you’ve converted a lost corner or a nice little spare room into a quiet workspace, and there you

How To Become A Successful Freelance Translator

After completing their translation training programmes at higher professional education or university level, many students can’t wait to set up as a freelance translator. However, gaining a foothold as a freelancer in a very competitive translation market may turn out

How To Make The Translation Process Less Labour Intensive

Although in fact it ended only two decades ago, the era of handwritten or typewriter translations is one that most of us are not nostalgic about – if they remember it at all. To any modern-day translator, versed in –

Quality Assurance in the Translation Business

Some tips and advice for professionals who are thinking of setting up their own translation business, or have already done so.

Various market studies carried out in recent years have revealed that quality is one of the two principal criteria clients