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Blogging Inspiration
I knew, I would have a blog from the moment I decided to set up a site. Firstly, it’s good to have one for SEO purposes. Secondly, I’ve always liked Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City and the way...
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Case Study: Translating Pacer App
I found Pacer in May and this app had everything I needed and even more. It could track the number of steps I took each day, as well as the distance I covered walking or running, my weight and the...
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App localization: 11 reasons to provide high-quality translation for your app
App localization can be overwhelming. You have so many decisions to make! What languages to translate your app into? Which service provider to choose? Professional translation services might seem...
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Website Localization: 6 simple tips for startups
Today I was tweeted at by someone who sent me a link. I clicked it and I had conflicting emotions about what I saw. It was a landing page for a new service connected with travel and I love travel and...
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You’re genius, what are you doing
That’s a strange title for a post, don’t you think? This is the back translation of a phrase I got after translating my site with the help of this service that uses machine translation. This is what...
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What I learned during three months of marketing translation business
I have a confession to make: in spite of the fact that I’ve been a freelance translator for the past 10 years (virtually my whole career), I’m new at marketing my services. These past three months have...
View ArticleLow translation rates: why working for peanuts is BAD for you
I often come across great posts written by fellow translators on the subject of low translation rates. Here’s a couple of more recent examples for you. The first one is a story shared by Marie Bortnov,...
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11 Myths about Translation and Translators
There’s a lot of myths about translation and translators. Sometimes they seem to contradict each other. In this post I’m going to debunk some of these myths. 1 Anyone who speaks two languages can be...
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How I Built My Marketing Plan
Last week my colleague Emeline Jamoul from In Touch Translations asked me whether I had a marketing plan. Since I do have one, I thought it might be interesting to share my experience with others who...
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7 Reasons to Avoid Cheap Translation (+ Ways to Save Money while Enhancing...
When I read articles like this, I often wonder why big and small companies think that cheap translation (machine translation being the cheapest option) is the best choice. Why try saving at the expense...
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Side Projects: Sharing, Helping, Connecting and Much More
Translators are creative entrepreneurs. Creativity is often defined as the ability to see connections between things and use them to synthesize something new. Taking the source text, seeing the...
View ArticleMy Morning Routine: What Helps Me Be More Productive
I love reading about other people’s routines. I’m always on the lookout for ways to increase my productivity and make more out of my time and articles about someone else’s work processes or daily...
View ArticleHolidays in Russia
Last week I was discussing my plans for the holiday season with a couple of colleague translators on Twitter and I mentioned that in Russia Christmas is celebrated on January, 7 instead of December,...
View ArticleLooking Back on 2015: 5 Lessons I Have Learned
The end of the year is a great time to reflect on what’s been accomplished and learned over the past 12 months. For me as a translator 2015 was one of the most important and productive years. Today I’m...
View ArticleWhat I’m Looking Forward to in 2016
Since this is the first working week of the year I decided to join millions of people around the world and write my goals for 2016. In this post I will share with you what I want to achieve in terms of...
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Using a Photo in a Freelance Translator CV
Last week I was sending out my updated translator CV to some agencies. To prepare the updated version of my CV I used Marta Stelmaszak ebook called You need a CV that works. And while Marta provides...
View ArticleApp Localization: Why Russia is Well Worth Considering
It’s still pretty early in the year and some of you might be in the process of planning your expansion into new markets. Today I want to share with you some reasons to provide high quality app...
View ArticleLoyalty Pays Off, or Reasons to Stick With Your Translator
Last year I was contacted by an agency offering me to work on a localization project for a travel portal. The PM mentioned that they had already translated several hundred thousand words for this...
View ArticleBlabbing Translators: Behind the Scenes
Last week Dmitry Kornyukhov announced the launch of our new project — the first live talk-show about the translation profession called Blabbing Translators. Today I’m going to share with you some...
View ArticleBe Good (To Yourself)
I had some doubts about writing this post. The thing is it might look like I’m bragging, and no one likes that, right? But over the past couple of weeks I’ve been communicating with people much more...
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