Sweet Dreams
I was out of town the last two days, interpreting for that new customer from Switzerland who had asked me to make them offers including technology (I wrote about this…
5 Ways NOT to Use Twitter for Freelancers
Since I've spent the last two days on the big computer project for this year, i.e. switching from desktop to laptop with all that entails (something I will blog about…
Mehrwert
Ich bin nun schon eine Weile als Dolmetscherin unterwegs, und bis jetzt wurde ich entweder über Agenturen oder Kollegen, die alles organisiert haben, angeheuert (Privatkunden auf dem Standesamt zähle ich…
Agencies
Agencies – for many translators and interpreters, it almost seems to be a dirty word, probably because of the bad experiences they had with them. I know there are many…
Three Kinds of Service
Seen here I know, I'm not the first one to write about this, but in my opinion we cannot stress it enough, especially to customers! And hopefully, this will also…
Vorbildlich: Harvard Business Manager führt Übersetzer im Impressum auf
Passend zur Vorweihnachtszeit hier mal eine gute Nachricht für die Übersetzungbranche und wie man auch mit den Übersetzern umgehen kann: Der Harvard Business manager ist die erweiterte deutsche Ausgabe der…
Translators disrespected
Here's a good write-up on a situation most of us are familiar with, also called The Favor! You’re sitting at home (or at work) slaving over a translation when out…
BDÜ Conference in Berlin 2012
How to write a blog post about a conference? That's the question I'm asking myself right now. Not an easy task, methinks, since although short, it was packed: Two and…
Taming the Dragon
Although I had been thinking about it off and on for quite a while now, I only recently decided to go ahead and purchase me - a Dragon. One reason…
How to judge the quality of your translation
Since I'm on a mini-vacation again this week, here's an excerpt from an excellent post from the myGengo blog on how to judge the quality of a translation: Before submitting…