A few months ago I published here a guest post: “Spotlight on the Israeli Translation Market”. I was recently made aware that the author of ...

A few months ago I published here a guest post: “Spotlight on the Israeli Translation Market”. I was recently made aware that the author of ...

Over the past few weeks I received many emails from Instaspeaker, a new company which will soon launch a translation app for mobile devices....

 I've just received the following email from translated.net: Ciao! Abbiamo appena ricevuto una richiesta di traduzione di 40.000 paro...

I got this in the mail: Offer  from XxxxXxxxx     Xxxx  from  XxxxXxxxx  says Hi!     Dear Sir/Madam,   I am a project manager at  X...

A couple of years ago I wrote  15 tips on how to increase your chances when contacting translation companies (an article that was later fol...

This is a guest post by Aniello Attianese , in response to my post  15 tips on how to increase your chances when contacting translation comp...

...if you don't take the time to research your prospects. As a translation company, we keep receiving large amounts of very generic e-...

I find myself at times writing about what younger translators, who are just entering our profession, should or should not do... about tools,...

I’ve recently received the following e-mail from a translation company that is fishing for customers. In doing so, it makes claims based on ...

Our tiny translation company does not advertise for translators, since we do most work internally or with the help of a small group of trust...

Guest Post by Christina Guy First of all, thanks to Riccardo for inviting me to write a guest post about the Stridonium conference in...

Every week I receive a number of messages from freelance translators, offering their services. Most of those who send these messages usual...

Some large translation companies seem to make an habit of sending their messages not to you, but to all and sundry: Hi All, Could you pl...

Just read this in a translation company's blog: The quoting of a project is as important as the process in which the work is actually...

I received an e-mail asking me to join a new phone-interpreting service. Phone interpreting is not a service I would normally consider, but...

Novice translators often get advice on how to get work and how to successfully conduct their freelance business. Several leading translato...

...is how it faultlessly ensures translation quality. Many translators bitch and moan about translation companies who use translation mana...

A translator has recently seriously proposed on ProZ a "blueboard for translators"  (scroll down until the second post by "Mi...

About four years ago I wrote a long post on Agency rating lists . I had almost forgotten that post, but today someone left a comment to the ...