Freelance Translators from Scratch

Taking action

workingwithwords — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:40:24 +0000

This is how we have decided to get this freelance translation ball rolling again.

Hmm … How to move forward …

workingwithwords — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:48:20 +0000

OK, you know, it’s a bit frustrating. Those who’ve been following this blog over the past two years (just about) will no doubt be curious about our apparent lack of measurable progress. But if I could get there any quicker, believe me, I would. There’s nothing I’d like more. But I feel trapped in a funk [...]

I’m back! (though I was never all that far away)

workingwithwords — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:47:17 +0000

御久し振りです。It’s been quite a while, hasn’t it?! Eine Menge Zeit ist vergangen. I think I owe you all a bit of an explanation … OK, so Caroline and I live in Tokyo, have been since April 2008, and we’re busy, surviving, making enough money to keep our heads up, having a bit of fun on a [...]

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, [...]