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 intelligence beat a human player. Reactions vary from…
Category: Translation Business
Freelance translation business, translator career strategies, and Time management
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 period of time using the score system and their comments. …
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 when you make a mistake. But things become problematic if…
Translation Marketing for Freelance Translators: Its Unique Difficulties and a Surprising Solution
Specialized Translation: What It Is and Why You Should Do It
What Is Specialized Translation? Specialized translation is translation of content that requires a specific knowledge in the relevant field or special aptitude and preparedness for the field. Legal translation, for example, would require a basic knowledge of laws as well as translation experience in the field. Transcreation would be another example;…
Translation Rates: How to Set Them Initially, When and How to Raise Them Later
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. Firstly, localization refers to modifying a particular product or service to suit…
The Out-of-Office Notification Function: Your Very Own (Free!) Secretary
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 even at that time, the six-lane freeway was jammed. When I…
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 obsession with homes. However, living in a small house, a…
