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 I receive a lot of inquiries from people who would like to become translators, and most of these e-mails have something to do with finding those first few elusive translation clients. If you ask 100 translators how they got started in the business, you'll probably get at least 50 different answers. Some picked up the phone and started cold-calling, some turned an old business connection into a client, some volunteered, some went back to school, some were just in the right place at the right time. Following are some tips on how to break into the translation industry, depending on your interests and level of experience.
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 When someone hires you to do a special writing job, they give you the assignment and you do the job. Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, not really.
These are examples of complaints I've received over the years:
A local drycleaner thought he could write his own brochure, but he just "didn't have the time." He hired Melanie, a professional copywriter, to write it for him for a flat fee, and gave her a list of bullet points to include. After the job was complete, he decided he wanted to add a few more bullet points and remove some he'd provided previously...but he didn't understand why Melanie asked for more money.
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 I became a translator via a series of happy accidents. After taking
French in school since seventh grade, I studied abroad at the University of
Grenoble, France, for my junior year of college. There, a professor recommended
me for a part-time job as a trainee translator at the University's graduate
school of business.
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 Do you ever wonder who writes and publishes those small newsletters you see around town? They're the 4- or 8-page briefs that are distributed at the grocery store, the gym, your child's school, and many other businesses in town. If you belong to any online communities, you're probably familiar with the numerous electronic newsletters available, too. Basically, if you leave your house at all or surf the Web for a minute or two, you've glanced at your fair share of these brief, newsy pamphlets.
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