Freelance Translators from Scratch

Free to be NOMADS?

workingwithwords — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:30:24 +0000

Somewhat recently, I made mention of a special report on wireless communications that I had enjoyed reading in The Economist (April 12th-18th 2008 issue). I promised to discuss it briefly and here I am making good on that promise. Better late than never. The gist of the 14-page series of articles is this: mobile technology developments [...]

久し振りね。It’s been a while but…

workingwithwords — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:31 +0000

Here’s the situation, straight up: I moved to Tokyo. I went back to Canada for a short visit. I came back and have been finding my bearings. Has anything changed with Freelance Translators from Scratch? Not in any negative way, no. But being in Tokyo is giving Caroline and I a much-needed, [...]

Tech Talk – Hardware/Software

workingwithwords — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:09:06 +0000

I have had some great comments and answers to questions that I am putting out there and I would like to start off by saying ‘Thanks’, ‘Danke’, ‘Merci’, ‘ありがとう’ to those who have been so kind (if I didn’t thank you in your mother tongue, please forgive me, but I don’t operate in every language, [...]

Marketing strategies for an international freelance translator

workingwithwords — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:25:22 +0000

As I have stated elsewhere in (on? – correct prepositional phrase in the blogosphere?) my blog, I am attempting to launch a business as a freelance translator from Japan, although my source and target languages are German and English, respectively (at least until my proficiency in the Japanese language reaches a much higher level of [...]

Let’s take a poll… Loner or Corporate?

workingwithwords — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:52:45 +0000

I wanted to get an idea from some of the established freelance translators out there as to how many people have chosen for whatever reasons to become incorporated versus how many are sole proprietors. To make things simple, I created a poll. Please head over to http://www.polldaddy.com/p/407315/ if you have 5 free seconds, but do [...]