Would you like some tips on how to start your own business as a freelancer? Or if you have a business already, are you trying to get to work more with direct clients rather than agencies? If so, this post is for you. Enjoy the reading! 1. Jump… but only with a parachute! Despite what most people […]
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¿Intérprete = actor? ¡Un poco sí!
InterpretingMuy de vez en cuando, a los intérpretes nos confunden con actores de cine. De hecho, más de una vez me preguntaron “¿En qué peli sales?”. Aunque expliquemos que no tiene nada que ver ser actor con ser intérprete, ¿de verdad es así? Sí y, en cierto sentido, no. Sí, porque, aunque me hubiese gustado, […]
The speaker and the interpreter: independent players or teammates?
InterpretingIn the post English or my mother tongue at a multilingual conference? we saw why it’s in your best interests to speak in your mother tongue at a multilingual event, provided that you’re given this possibility thanks to an interpreting service. Once you’ve decided to do so, there is another issue you should consider: are interpreters independent players (you deliver […]
I’m a freelancer… alias I’m a factotum
Freelancing Interpreting TranslationAre you a freelancer or a one-person business? Then you already know what I’ll be talking about! Would you like to go freelance or run your own business? Then you should have a look at what I’ll be talking about! A very good point Judy and Dagmar V. Jenner make in their book, “The Entrepreneurial […]