Advice for starters and beginners in this business... tools, account, rules and regulations... ? Inițiatorul discuției: Brigita Marković
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Brigita Marković
Croaţia
Local time: 09:50
Membru (2023)
din croată în germană
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Any essential tips and advice for starters and beginners in this business... tools, account, rules and regulations... will be appreciated.
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| | | | Angela Malik 
Regatul Unit
Local time: 08:50
din germană în engleză
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| Lazy questions get lazy answers | May 14, 2018 |
This really is annoying. Maybe start by doing some basic research and then return with specific questions. We aren't here to do your homework for you.
| | | | John Fossey
Canada
Local time: 03:50
Membru (2008)
din franceză în engleză
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| Oksana Weiss
Germania
Local time: 09:50
Membru (2011)
din germană în engleză
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| Mentor programme | May 15, 2018 |
You can also look for a mentor in your language pairs in the ProZ Mentorship Program.
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Tom in London
Regatul Unit
Local time: 08:50
Membru (2008)
din italiană în engleză
brihrbri wrote:
Any essential tips and advice for starters and beginners in this business... tools, account, rules and regulations... will be appreciated.
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2018-05-14 16:54 GMT]
Your profile says
Croatian to German
Croatian to English
German to Croatian
This suggests that you are offering your services to translate skilfully and professionally, without mistakes, out of your native language (Croatian) into two foreign languages (German and English). My advice: make sure that's true.
| | | | Lian Pang
Ţările de Jos
Local time: 09:50
Membru (2018)
din engleză în chineză
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| Do your own research | May 16, 2018 |
Navigate to the top bar and find "education" there. Join a professional association and look for manuals there. go to eCPD and find some videos... there are numerous resources out there. Don't expect others to these basic things for you.
In short, be diligent, be dedicated and respect your own profession.
| | | | Samuel Murray
Ţările de Jos
Local time: 09:50
Membru (2006)
din engleză în afrikaans
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| Read these books | May 16, 2018 |
brihrbri wrote:
Any essential tips and advice for starters and beginners in this business... tools, account, rules and regulations... will be appreciated.
You're going to have to buy some books and read them:
1. "How To Earn $80,000+ Per Year as a Freelance Translator" - Alex Eames (3rd edition, from 2010, is known as "Business Success for Freelance Translators"). This book is the best, but it is also abandonware, so you can't get it.
2. "The Translator's Tool Box" - Jost Zetzsche (updated yearly)
http://www.internationalwriters.com/toolbox/
3. "How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator" - Corinne McKay (3rd edition, 2016)
http://www.thoughtsontranslation.com/book/succeed-freelance-translator/
(her book "Finding and Marketing to Translation Agencies" is basically a long blog post in PDF format, so it may not be worth buying)
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| | | | DZiW (X)
Ucraina
din engleză în rusă
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| The core intuit | May 16, 2018 |
The problem with newbies is not they cannot find something, but rather they don't know what to look for, because... they are but newbies.
Perhaps, if it's not already done, the ProZ should initiate a student into the elements of the translation profession, yes?
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