Swedish Translation Services

The fear of working for American translation agencies

Tess — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:09:21 PDT

During the Swedish Association of Professional Translators annual conference I made an interesting observation. While discussing to several Nordic translators they voiced their apprehension for...

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Attending the Swedish Association of Professional Translators annual conference 2012 – Cultural differences and insights

Tess — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:45:49 PDT

As a Swedish translator I have been a member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFOE) for many years, but had not yet made it to the annual conference. This year, however, I had...

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How can you assure the quality of a translation? – discussion

Tess — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:28:15 PDT

I will be attending the Swedish Association of Professional Translators annual conference May 4-6 in Gävle, Sweden, and as the language chair for the English into Swedish certification program, I...

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How to approach prospective clients/language service providers

Tess — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:23:05 PDT

The amount of emails I receive these days starting with “Dear Sir/Madam” and introducing translation services into Spanish, Russian, or from languages far from Swedish, into English, has...

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Easter – A big (non religious?) Swedish tradition

Tess — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:23:06 PDT

It is Easter in Sweden, and while this does not have anything to do with translation or business, I thought I would share some tidbits about this big Swedish holiday. Despite being so big, it is...

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What to do when the client is wrong?

Tess — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:29:17 PDT

I have followed a discussion on the Yahoo group “ATA Business Practices” these last few days with interest. The discussion is about when a non-native client insists on inserting grammatical errors...

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Certification exam and presentation in Sweden

Tess — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:53:29 PDT

It has been a while since last post and here are some news on upcoming events for Swedish Translation Services. I will be attending the Swedish Association of Professional Translator’s annual...

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Wanted: Swedish Language position for a Linguist professional with web experience

Tess — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:35:21 PST

I am helping a colleague here to spread the word for a company looking for a Regional Validator. Here is the information. The Regional Validator is responsible for providing in-country review of...

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New Blog Name – The Business of Translation

Tess — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:27:35 PST

After blogging for almost two years now, and reading countless other translation blogs, I have been encouraged to give my blog a proper name. This process did not come easy and required consultation...

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Google’s new privacy policy and translators – Did you ponder this too?

Tess — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:27:00 PST

I have been following Google’s new privacy policy launch this last week. If Google will save my searches and website visits in order to give me more personalized service, I cannot help but...

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