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The Business Side to Becoming a Successful Translator
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(19 ratings)
90 students

The Business Side to Becoming a Successful Translator

Learn the Necessary Tools to Begin, Enhance and Achieve a Successful Career in the Translation Industry
Created byBerthine Crèvecoeur West, M.A., CoreCHI™
Last updated 8/2017
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What you'll learn

  • 1. Establish your business entity as a translator
  • 2. Find a good editor in the translation field
  • 3. Know the differences between translation, editing and proofreading
  • 4. Know the pre-requisities needed to become a successful translator
  • 5. Be familiar with best accounting practices for translators
  • 6. Network effectively within the translation industry / translator organizations
  • 7. Know the software and hardware needed to make you as efficient as possible
  • 8. Become familiar with resources that will help your translation business grow
  • 9. Become familiar with CAT Tools for translation

Course content

4 sections • 12 lectures • 37m total length

  • Introduction1:13

    Explore the business side of becoming a translator, including differences between translation and interpretation, setting up a business entity, accounting practices, office prerequisites, professional networking, editor selection, and choosing clients.

  • The Difference Between an Interpreter and a Translator6:00

    Learn the differences between interpretation and translation, with interpreters acting as conduits, cultural brokers, and clarifiers, while translators convey the original intent in written form.

  • Pre-Requisities to Becoming a Successful Translator15:08

Requirements

  • This course is intended for freelancers, consultants and those wishing to learn more about becoming a professional translator.
  • You should be able to use a PC at the beginner level and have access to audio and video.

Description

This course is intended for anyone interested in a career as a professional freelance translator. Whether you are brand new to the field or have already been working in the field, this course offers you valuable insights into how to set up your translation business, get (and keep!) clients, how to handle your deliverables and set you on the course for becoming a successful translator! Welcome to your course! Now, let's get started!

Who this course is for:

  • Those seeking to become successful translators

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