Getting started as a freelance translator

Establish a successful career as a location-independent freelance translator

Created by: John Fry
Freelance Japanese to English Technical Translator

What Will I Learn?

• How to get good clients and keep them happy
• The top web sites and translator directories to submit your profile to
• Online dictionaries, books, podcasts, and other resources
• Why you need a Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tool
• Invoicing, taxes, and other business topics
• How to set and raise the rates you charge clients
• How to get started in the lucrative field of patent translation

Requirements

• Excellent command of two languages (your native language and another language)

Target audience

• People with excellent command of two languages (their native language and another language) who want to establish a successful career as a location-independent freelance translator