https://translatorpower.wordpress.com Empowering Translators: From Freelancer to Entrepreneur - by the First and (and Now no Longer!) Only Expert on the Marketing of Translation Services Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 563774 https://s2.wp.com/i/webclip.png https://translatorpower.wordpress.com https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/what-is-an-average-rate-paid-to-translators/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/what-is-an-average-rate-paid-to-translators/#respond Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:31:24 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/what-is-an-average-rate-paid-to-translators/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” Woody Allen https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=0bjB-IWEYI0 According to a survey of rates paid to translators in Belgium published in an article in Slator on October 24, 2014:“The…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/27/what-is-an-average-rate-paid-to-translators/feed/ 0 571 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/can-you-focus-on-direct-clients-only/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/can-you-focus-on-direct-clients-only/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2018 02:18:55 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/can-you-focus-on-direct-clients-only/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QgTzCQyMU We lost because we told ourselves we lost. Leo Tolstoy  “You cannot focus on direct clients only. This is a utipia [sic]. Direct clients pay more, but are a one-time client or one…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/can-you-focus-on-direct-clients-only/feed/ 1 570 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/merchants-of-mt-equivalent-to-human-translation-rely-on-artful-lies-and-gullibility-of-their-customers/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/merchants-of-mt-equivalent-to-human-translation-rely-on-artful-lies-and-gullibility-of-their-customers/#respond Sun, 09 Sep 2018 15:12:56 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/merchants-of-mt-equivalent-to-human-translation-rely-on-artful-lies-and-gullibility-of-their-customers/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=vK3xgCmpXdk “What translators are saying is that machine translation should be forbidden and only human translations should be allowed,” said a commenter on a Facebook group of translators recently. It should be noted that…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/merchants-of-mt-equivalent-to-human-translation-rely-on-artful-lies-and-gullibility-of-their-customers/feed/ 0 569 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/is-the-damage-inflicted-upon-our-profession-by-the-translation-industry-reversible/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/is-the-damage-inflicted-upon-our-profession-by-the-translation-industry-reversible/#respond Fri, 18 May 2018 00:45:50 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/is-the-damage-inflicted-upon-our-profession-by-the-translation-industry-reversible/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szU49_rlRQY As I wrote in my previous post, it was about 15 years ago when I realized for the first time that major and possibly irreversible changes were taking place in the translation business…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/is-the-damage-inflicted-upon-our-profession-by-the-translation-industry-reversible/feed/ 0 568 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/one-of-the-biggest-problems-with-the-translation-industry/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/one-of-the-biggest-problems-with-the-translation-industry/#respond Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:43:39 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/one-of-the-biggest-problems-with-the-translation-industry/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOmC5qT02w One of the biggest problems with the “translation industry” is the astonishing ignorance of the people who run the “industry” and work in it. A few years ago, I was contacted by a…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/one-of-the-biggest-problems-with-the-translation-industry/feed/ 0 567 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/the-translators-exit-plan/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/the-translators-exit-plan/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2017 01:17:07 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/the-translators-exit-plan/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/the-translators-exit-plan/feed/ 0 564 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/is-trados-co-responsible-for-the-falling-rates-in-the-translation-industry/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/is-trados-co-responsible-for-the-falling-rates-in-the-translation-industry/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:23:12 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/is-trados-co-responsible-for-the-falling-rates-in-the-translation-industry/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrvkHAxnjzI Is Trados at least co-responsible for the wage theft known in the translation industry lingo as “full and fuzzy matches” and the resulting reduction of at least 30% in the rates being now…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/is-trados-co-responsible-for-the-falling-rates-in-the-translation-industry/feed/ 0 563 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/the-consequences-of-the-coming-machine-translation-armageddon-are-difficult-to-predict/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/the-consequences-of-the-coming-machine-translation-armageddon-are-difficult-to-predict/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 19:56:07 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/the-consequences-of-the-coming-machine-translation-armageddon-are-difficult-to-predict/ Patenttranslator's Blog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qHtYfktiQ The consequences of a nuclear war are difficult to predict. Difficult, but not completely impossible to prepare for and anticipate. In fact, the world has been preparing for nuclear Armageddon for about 70…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/the-consequences-of-the-coming-machine-translation-armageddon-are-difficult-to-predict/feed/ 0 562 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/translator-powers-new-twitter-account/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/translator-powers-new-twitter-account/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:37:57 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/?p=549 https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/translator-powers-new-twitter-account/feed/ 0 549 translatorpower https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/does-your-website-have-a-hack-me-sign/ https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/does-your-website-have-a-hack-me-sign/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:30:23 +0000 http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/does-your-website-have-a-hack-me-sign/ Translation Wordshop:
Getting your own business website is a huge milestone. I loved the excitement of the the design phase, creating the content, and finally seeing it out there “live” on the internet. Of course I’d heard…]]> https://translatorpower.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/does-your-website-have-a-hack-me-sign/feed/ 1 547 translatorpower