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Combining motherhood with freelance work
By Felicity Pearce Freelancing. Sometimes we love it, sometimes we hate it. When we have real jobs we idealise it and fantasise about it, but never have I been more grateful for steering my career in...
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ITI Workshop – Writing with Clarity and Impact
By Sandra Young On a crisp cold day in January I found myself trekking past Linford Wood towards the ITI offices for the “Writing with Clarity and Impact” workshop to kick off 2015. The workshop was...
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Productivity Matters
by Katharine Mears Last week, Marie Jackson of Looking-Glass Translations featured an interview with me as part of her Great Productivity Project series. The post deals with questions such as how I...
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Podcasts for translators
by Claire Harmer When it comes to new technology I’m a little apprehensive. When my friends and family started listening to podcasts (about 3 years ago!) I didn’t know what all the fuss was about. Now...
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A Review of The Sound of Music: an ITI Conference masterclass by Ros Schwartz
by Katharine Mears At this year’s ITI conference in Newcastle, I attended the masterclass The Sound of Music, run by renowned literary translator Ros Schwartz. The aim was to explore the overlap...
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Living the dream!
By Felicity Pearce Helen Barlow, founder of A World of Words Translations is literally living the dream. The dream that many of us (myself included) have when we think about being a freelance...
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The Entrepreneurial Linguist and meeting direct clients
By Claire Harmer In October 2013 I attended a workshop organised by the ITI’s London Regional Group entitled ‘No Pain, No Gain – Active Marketing to Direct Clients’. The workshop was given by Judy...
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Utilising keyboard shortcuts
by Katharine Mears A couple of weeks ago, I attended the workshop ‘Advanced Word course for Translators’ run by Galician translator, writer and broadcaster Xosé Castro Roig. This formed part of an ITI...
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TIME MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSLATORS
by Claire Harmer For translators, time management can be a difficult task, particularly when we have large projects on the go. A few weeks ago I delivered a large (20,000 word) translation which left...
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My first Jelly
by Katharine Mears A couple of weeks ago I attended my first Jelly; an informal co-working event where freelancers and small business owners can bring their laptops, and work, chat and collaborate with...
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Some thoughts on networking events and using an ‘elevator pitch’
By Claire Harmer Last week I attended an LRG networking event held in central London. The committee has held similar events before but this one had a special focus: creating an elevator pitch. Nathalie...
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