Translation Business

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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

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Translation Rates: How to Set Them Initially, When and How to Raise Them Later

Part I: Who Decides the Translation Rates? People are usually very sensitive to price. Well, who...

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Localization, Internationalization, and Globalization Projects: Should You Do It? Can You Do It?

From time to time, you’ll come across a bid for “website localization”. Many people have asked me what that means, and it seems like some people think localization equals translation, so I want to clarify these concepts. ...

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The Out-of-Office Notification Function: Your Very Own (Free!) Secretary

Sometimes, side-splittingly funny things happen even in the world of translation. ...

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Things You Can Do Today For Your Future Translator Self

While Toronto is a really decent city in many ways, traffic congestion has become a very serious problem in recent years, increasingly irritating people in and out of the city. One day, I had to drive somewhere before dawn and...

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How to Get Your Business to Take Off Through Thrift and Saving: 6 Practical Ways to Reduce Your Cost of Living

In this post, I will describe some practical ideas to reduce your cost of living. Home I, too, am a Korean person who lived witnessing the power of real estate, so I can understand people’s special...

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How to Get Your Business to Take Off Through Thrift and Saving: Balancing Your Earning and Expenses

In this post, I want to go over the most basic concepts for managing your personal and household finances. When you have a financial deficit, there are two ways to balance your earnings and expenses. One of the...

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How to Get Your Business to Take Off Through Thrift and Saving: Basic Living Expenses

To continue to improve your finances as a translator, you need to already be in a state where you can afford the basic life necessities to a certain extent. Only then will your bargaining power grow, allowing you to work with...

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Get Time on Your Side: Solidify the Foundation of Your Business Through Time

In the previous post, I talked about the importance of time through war stories, and this time, we will be looking at more personal business-related examples and thinking of ways to apply them to our business and study of...

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Get Time on Your Side: Develop Your Translation Business Using War Strategies

I’m going to talk a little bit about war. I’m a pacifist, but am very interested in the history and strategy of war. Today, the word “strategy” is used everywhere, but originally the word strategy meant an operational...

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The Number of Clients a Translator Should Have

Today, let’s think about how many clients a freelance translator should have. One of the best things about the freelance translator’s job is that you never have to worry about being out of work. Of course,...

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