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A Look Into The Daily Routine of a Freelance Legal Translator

Few professions lend themselves so well to second careers in translation.

Like so many others, Steven came into translation as a second career at the age of 40.

He joined the translation profession armed with expertise and experience in legal systems and knowledge of how organisations (especially government administrations) work.

Today we’re telling the story of how Steven started his freelance translation business as a second career, and we take a close look at how he manages his daily tasks.

01/03/2021

How This Brussels-Based Freelance Translator Organises Her Business

When a country has 3 official languages, with less than half of the population speaking more than one of them,...

01/02/2021

Data-Driven Surprise: What This Translator Learned By Tracking Her Hours

Could it be right? She worked more hours this month, but her income remained the same. Data can surprise...

11/01/2021

How Emeline Jamoul Went From Freelancer to Translation Agency

Emeline started her career as a translator in 2013. When she started, she did freelance translation work with a portfolio of agency clients.

30/12/2020

How Melany Went From In-House to Freelance Translator and Intentionally Exceeded Her Monthly Salary

The journey to translation is different for each translator.
or some, they start at another job entirely...

09/11/2020

4 Finance Documents Every Freelance Translator Needs

Translators don’t only need to be proficient in their target languages—they also need to be able to dabble in basic finances. Yes, even if you’re a literary or tourism translator, having some degree of...

02/11/2020

3 Calculations Every Freelance Translator Should Make On A Yearly Basis

As we enter the last quarter of the year, one of the ways we can reflect on the year that passed and what’s to come is by crunching some numbers.

12/10/2020

Yes, you can earn the same amount of money when you work less

The maths seem to make sense when you add it all up.
More time, more words, more money...right?

08/09/2020

Scaling your Translation Business: What’s it All About?

You may have heard about translators scaling their businesses. What does scaling mean, and how can you do it?
Scaling means to grow your business without you being a bottleneck.

17/08/2020

How To Stop Getting Bad Translation Clients Once And For All

We’ve all heard the horror stories.
Many of us have been victims of the said horror stories.

28/07/2020

Why Translators Should Collaborate - Not Compete - With One Another

“But they’ll steal my clients”
Have you ever found yourself thinking that when faced with the option to collaborate with or recommend another translator...

15/06/2020

Ways Translators Can Diversify Their Income

Diversifying your income is the proverbial additional baskets to put your eggs in.
While some translators may prefer to focus on nothing but translation - others like to dabble in various activities...

18/05/2020

Super Busy? That Might Not Be a Good Thing

“Good, busy!”

Is the answer we normally give or receive when someone asks “how have you been?”

29/04/2020

6 Things We Wish We Knew When We Started Translation

If you studied a bachelor’s or master’s in translation, you’re probably (hopefully) well-equipped to start the actual translation process. But even if you’re officially educated, that doesn’t mean you...

05/04/2020

3 Useful Ways for Translators to Handle a Slow Month

You were riding that wave for a while, freelance translator.
The feast wave.
All of a sudden, you get loads of work. Everyone wants you to translate for them.

02/03/2020

The 2 Non-Translation Skills That Translators Need to Learn

When you go to study translation, most of us learn about the theoretical side of translation (formal or dynamic equivalence sprinkled with some Nida and Pym), and we get our hands dirty with some ...

10/02/2020

Ideal client analysis with LSP.expert

couple of months ago we published an article on finding your ideal clients. Since then we got to thinking: What about an article on how you can actually use ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
26/11/2018

Using testimonials to grow your business

Who doesn’t love to hear that they're amazing? By their very nature, testimonials are full of praise. But besides cheering us up, client feedback in the ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
15/10/2018

5 reasons why finding your niche boosts your business

We get it. It seems counter-intuitive that you’ll get more from (technically) doing less. But when you find a niche and stick to it, that’s exactly what can happen.

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
12/09/2018

Measure and increase your performance in 5 questions

So, you chose to gain control of your time and started using a time tracking tool, possibly one that allows you to record billable hours. Good for you!

By Eleonora Angelici
05/07/2018

Why I deleted your email

Your email happened to arrive just as I finished my first cup of tea: the best time of the day to contact me. But despite the favourable conditions and your unmistakable keenness ...

By Dr Jonathan Downie
20/06/2018

"Hello! Still here!" 5 tips for (subtle) client communication

With so many options to be social, we know that staying in touch with clients should be a piece of (Instagrammed) cake. But the truth is that all of these channels ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
27/05/2018

Why you should use a time tracking tool for your business

If you can recall exactly the last time you said 'If only there were 36 hours in a day' or 'I'll save this for the weekend', and if you are reading this in spite of the fact that ...

By Eleonora Angelici
16/05/2018

No-drama downtime - how to enjoy the quiet times

For "regular" people, who are employed by someone else, a quiet time of the year at work is something to be celebrated. It's a time when they can take longer lunches, ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
07/05/2018

Pitching masterclass for (nervous) translators

Writing pitches to potential clients is nerve wracking! Contacting someone you don't know, but making them feel like you do know them, is pretty tricky.

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
24/04/2018

How teaming up with colleagues could turn around your business

Gone are the days when we viewed colleagues as competition. Now, collaboration is the name of the game. In fact, colleagues are the new clients.

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
16/04/2018

The introvert's guide to pre-conference networking

For those of us who are used to living the solitary freelancer-hiding-behind-their-laptop life, the thought of in-person networking can seem pretty daunting.

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
09/04/2018

Central systems in modern working: a future-proof match

Collaboration, flexibility, promptness are essential to the way we work today and central systems can go a long way to help us stay ahead of the game.

By Laura Cattaneo
21/03/2018

Why you need to set a minimum rate (and then an ideal one)

There's no doubt that deciding your rate is tricky. There are many factors to take into consideration, and anyway, having one single rate for all clients and all projects ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
12/03/2018

5 productivity pointers to boost your translation business

How productive are you? Are you uber-focused on the task at hand, or do you find yourself flitting from one thing to another...and forgetting where you started?

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
22/02/2018

How to (finally) figure out your ideal clients

Everywhere you look online, there are guides and how-to posts on defining and finding your ideal client. It can get pretty overwhelming. In this post, we're not going to talk about ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
14/02/2018

How to use systems to boost your translation business

Feeling like you have too many tasks for your head space is not pleasant. Yes, it's great to be busy, but if you're not in control of start and finish dates, responses or project ...

By Eva Lena Vermeersch and Jo Rourke
07/02/2018