On September 30 of every year, the world celebrates Translation Day, which is Saint Jerome's Day (the patron saint of translators, aka the Bible translator). This year's Translation Day post will highlight 10 facts about me that I would like to share with all of my readers. 1-...
On September 30 of every year,...
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Being a freelancer means meeting endless types of clients on a daily basis. Some are a breath of fresh air and so amazing to work with, while others give you a hard time, and working with them is really not my idea of a healthy...
Being a freelancer means meeti...
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you lie about your skills to land a job, a potential employer will most likely discover that, and there goes your credibility. This is simply not a smart strategy. A recent example is when I had an Arabic to...
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It has been quite a while since I last blogged. I was trying to wrap my head around the new addition to my family, and trying to cope with the new challenges thrown at me as a work-at-home career mom of now two boys. Let me...
It has been quite a while sinc...
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A freelance translator’s business is pretty clear: you do the job, you issue an invoice, and then you get paid. You have rates for each specific service you offer and you run your work smoothly and hope to face no complications. However, we all have friends...
A freelance translator’s bus...
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In my previous blog post, I talked about what lead me to major in translation. I was a fresh graduate and the obvious next step for me was nailing my first freelance translation job and working on establishing a good client base. But before I...
In my previous blog post, I ta...
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In this series of blog posts entitled “How I became a Translator”, I will be writing about how I came to be a translator in details. The series will consist of 3 parts, of which the first is the following: Ever since I was a child,...
In this series of blog posts e...
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