How to Become a Translator

The Prosperous Translator: Advice from Fire Ant & Worker Bee

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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...

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?...

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...

Translation Industry Jargon Every Translator Should Know

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

Two Practical Steps to Get Translating Jobs

Through one of my earlier posts (Translation Market: Where It is and Why This is a Good Time to Be...

Translation Market: Where It Is and Why This Is a Good Time to Be a Translator

Where on Earth Is the Translation Market? Continuous translation work is crucial to becoming a...

How to Become a Translator: What You Really Need to Know

Being a translator is awesome! Thanks to globalization and the Internet (and other technological advances such as CAT tools), translators today have many new opportunities and can enjoy a degree of freedom and wealth that was...

Some of the Top Freelance Websites for Translators

ProZ and TranslatorsCafe are the only two marketplace businesses that I’ve introduced in detail so...

Stop Being Chased by Time: How to Live a Life Unbound by a Hectic Schedule

We were all taught… no, brainwashed… that a busy person was a capable person. That being busy is a...

Learning a Foreign Language for Translation

I’m sure there are many theories and methods about how to learn a foreign language. Everybody has different circumstances and the current skill levels will vary by person, so although there’s not one best method that will work...