24.2.14

Marta Stelmaszak's interview by Alessandra Vita!

Alessandra Vita surprises us with another great interview of her translation & interpreting "red carpet" series. This week's guest is Marta Stelmaszak. I am pretty sure that most of you know Marta, but just to be on the safe side, let me give you a brief presentation.

Marta is a Polish – English freelance translator/interpreter and we could say that she is the big winner of the 2013 ProZ.com community choice awards. 

In her interview, Marta shares a few important tips of how a translator/interpreter can succeed as a freelancer.

You can read the entire interview here.  

Source: Alessandra Vita - Translator & Interpreter

11.2.14

"How can freelancers find new clients?" An article by Alessandra Vita

Today, I came across an extremely interesting and so inspiring post by Alessandra Vita. She approaches a very "hot" topic of the translation and interpreting community: Client hunting!

Alessandra shares the "client hunting" secrets of some brilliant professionals, like Marta Stelmaszak, Valeria Aliperta, Xosé Castro Roig, Gabriel Cabrera Méndez, Scheherezade Surià López and Pablo Muñoz Sánchez. Read the whole post here and find out which of these useful tips will do the trick for you! 

Source: Alessandra Vita

6.2.14

"Liberal" was not always a dirty word!

I came across this very interesting article today and I'd like to share it with you. Did you know that the word "liberal" was actually a good one? Well, I didn't! Read the whole article here.

Source: The Atlantic

5.2.14

VALERIA ALIPERTA (RAINY LONDON TRANSLATIONS): "BEING VISIBLE IS KEY"

The famous Italian interpreter and translator, Valeria Aliperta, in a delightful interview to Faye Magkouti explains why it is very important for a translator/interpreter to be visible in social media. Valeria's page on Facebook (Rainy London Translations) has 2.528 likes! In her interview you can find very useful tips and tricks in order to increase your social media visibility.

You can read the entire interview here.

Source: PEEMPIP