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ProZ.com 101: a glimpse of the translation workplace

June 22, 2021 / by Lucía Leszinsky posted in freelancer, language jobs, freelancer, translator, jobs, payments, networking, translation, ProZ.com, community, language industry, rates, direct clients

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Are you new to the translation industry? Would you like to work as a translator, but you are unsure about how to get started? Do you have questions about ProZ.com, the platform, the community, the tools available? Then this post is for you. Just keep the following in mind, and you'll find your way in the ProZ.com translation workplace in no time:

« ProZ.com is different than what you may be expecting »

The following questions and answers will show you why.

Strategies for finding direct clients

March 15, 2021 / by Paul M Urwin posted in freelancer, translator, interpreter, training, direct clients

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For those of you working with direct clients, how did you manage to get started with them?

Here are a few of the ways in which I've found direct clients:

What is branding and how can it help you?

October 14, 2020 / by Rocío Tempone posted in freelancer, translator, translation company, translation events, clients, events, translation industry, marketing, community, language industry, LSP, direct clients

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Last September 30 and October 1 ProZ.com/TV hosted the annual International Translation Day event celebrating the translation and localization industry. One panel in particular focused on how branding can make or break a business, whether the business is an agency or an individual freelancer.

Ludmila Golovine (MasterWord Services' CEO), Samantha Reiss (Lilt’s Head of Services), Marina Ilari (Terra Translations' CEO) and Andrew Thomas (Senior Portfolio Marketer at SDL) discussed branding in a refreshing and unstructured talk moderated by ProZ.com's own Paul Urwin.

What are the challenges of working with direct clients?

May 24, 2020 / by Mike Donlin posted in freelancer, directory, membership, translation industry, facebook, marketing, rates, finances, direct clients

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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Andrew Morris - and posted as part of the Translators and Interpreters (ProZ.com) group on Facebook. It has been edited for use here. Direct clients also might be known as end clients or end customers. They provide language work directly to the translator without use of an agency, LSP or other intermediary.