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The Prosperous Translator: Advice from Fire Ant & Worker Bee

글쓴이: 최홍미 ([email protected]) == 서평 == 번역가로 진로를 전향하며 번역의 세계에 대해 알아가던 중, 브라이언 님의 블로그에서...

마침내 Trados를 구매하다

10년전 번역을 처음 시작했을 때 멋모르고 Trados를 샀습니다. 이리저리 둘러보고 쑤셔보고 눌러보다가 화딱지가 나서 때려쳤지요. ㅎㅎ 그 뒤 MemoQ를 필두로 XTM,...

How to Approach Requests for CAT Tool Discounts

I’ve posted several times that there’s a lively discussion going on around TM ownership. This discussion exists mainly because agencies claim ownership to a TM when it’s the translator who purchased the CAT tool, learned...

by Bryan

AlphaGo and the Future of Translation: Can Translation Be Taken Over by Advanced Technology?

It seems like everyone in Korea is talking about AlphaGo these days. AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, a 9-dan professional in the game of Go, with a final score of 4 to 1. Many people see this as an event where artificial...

by Bryan

How to Use Google Voice Recognition for Translating

I’ve been waiting for a Korean language dictation program to come out. I used a Korean voice recognition program which I don’t even remember the name of now 10 or more years ago, but I stopped using it because the program...

by Bryan

6 Interesting Statistics About CAT Tools: Most Hated CAT Tool? Most Expensive CAT Tool?

ProZ surveyed translators about CAT tools. The results were quite interesting, and I’d like to comment on some of the charts and stats. (I only included data I found interesting and I thought was important. If you want to see...

by Bryan

Understanding, Using, and Owning Translation Memory

All CAT tools can use translation memory—translation memory is the key characteristic of all CAT tools and a significant tool for increasing efficiency. There are tools that provide just the translation memory function...

by Bryan

Why Should You Use CAT Tools?: The Advantages of Using CAT Tools

I realize that I haven’t written much about CAT tools so far. It’s a little late, but I will post a few basic things about them. Here, I’ll discuss what CAT tools are and why they’re useful. What is a CAT...

by Bryan

Seven Tips for Properly Navigating Through Blue Board

The Blue Board is an agency evaluating tool on ProZ. It’s a useful tool for freelance translators who look for and meet potential clients on the Internet. On the Blue Board, numerous users record their experiences over a long...

by Bryan

Eight Common Mistakes to Avoid as a New Freelance Translator

There’s no need to worry about making mistakes too much as a beginner. Mistakes help us learn and grow. Also, no matter how much advice is given, your best teacher is your own experience and you really learn something valuable...

by Bryan

Translation Marketing for Freelance Translators: Its Unique Difficulties and a Surprising Solution

Marketing will make it or break it for your business, they say. Marketing is also called “the...

by Bryan

The Biggest Obstacles to Becoming a Freelance Translator

The title of this section is a little negative, but I kept it because it hints at the point I want to make. What do you think? What are the biggest obstacles to becoming a freelance translator? Foreign language skills?...

by Bryan

How to Get Out of a Slump

A majority of the people that know me envy my job (all of them do, actually). It’s not that these people are envious because they have a great interest in my work or have a thorough knowledge of how I work. My guess is that the...

by Bryan

Specialized Translation: What It Is and Why You Should Do It

What Is Specialized Translation? Specialized translation is translation of content that requires a...

by Bryan

Translation Industry Jargon Every Translator Should Know

As I write, concepts I need to introduce keep popping up and new concepts emerge that need...

by Bryan

Good Things to Know Before Purchasing Fluency Now

Since I released the Fluency Now discount code, many of you have taken an interest in it and asked some important questions. I realized there were many of those questions that I couldn’t answer right away, so I ended up asking...

by Bryan