Launching Your Freelance Translation Business

Launching Your Freelance Translation Business, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 29 lectures, based on 87 reviews, and has 353 subscribers.

You will learn about Clearly define your professional goals Decide on your rates and services Map out a path and essential benchmarks to grow your business Establish your translation business and create an online presence Craft a pitch and an effective presentation letter Begin reaching out to agencies and relevant direct clients This course is ideal for individuals who are Participants should be aiming to launch a freelance translation business (full-time or part-time) It is particularly useful for Participants should be aiming to launch a freelance translation business (full-time or part-time).

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Summary

Title: Launching Your Freelance Translation Business

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 29

Number of Published Lectures: 29

Number of Curriculum Items: 29

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 29

Original Price: €24.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Clearly define your professional goals
Decide on your rates and services
Map out a path and essential benchmarks to grow your business
Establish your translation business and create an online presence
Craft a pitch and an effective presentation letter
Begin reaching out to agencies and relevant direct clients

Who Should Attend

Participants should be aiming to launch a freelance translation business (full-time or part-time)

Target Audiences

Participants should be aiming to launch a freelance translation business (full-time or part-time)

If you feel you possess the linguistic skills to be a translator, but don’t know how to go about finding clients and earning a living through translation, then this course is for you.

In it, we’ll talk about setting the right goals for yourself and working towards achieving by planning out a path for your businessand successfully managing your time and your tasks. This will include crafting an online presence, preparing great presentation material, leveraging online resources and communities, and marketing your services in a way that makes sense for you.�

There is no single way to achieve success as a freelance translator, so this course aims to help you navigate a sea of options to identify the services and specialisations you can focus on, the clients you can target, and the approach you should take to achieve the financial and life goals you set for yourself.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: About me

Lecture 2: Working as a full-time freelance translator

Lecture 3: What this course will help you with

Lecture 4: What you will have achieved by the end of the course

Lecture 5: Is this course right for you?

Chapter 2: Setting Goals

Lecture 1: What it means to be a freelance translator

Lecture 2: Setting goals and focusing on the positives as a freelancer

Lecture 3: Indentifying your starting point and re-evaluating your goals

Chapter 3: Establishing your Business

Lecture 1: Identifying your business and mind-mapping your ideas

Lecture 2: Setting up your business

Lecture 3: Useful online tools

Chapter 4: Planning Out your Path

Lecture 1: Identifying your path

Lecture 2: Organising your time

Lecture 3: Organising your tasks

Chapter 5: Setting Rates

Lecture 1: Does charging by the word make sense for you?

Lecture 2: Calculating your billable hours, hourly rate and per word rate

Lecture 3: A few more pointers about setting and revising your rates

Chapter 6: Your CV and Online Job Searches

Lecture 1: Fine-tuning your CV for agencies

Lecture 2: Online job searches

Lecture 3: Job aggregators: pros and cons

Chapter 7: Pitches and Presentation

Lecture 1: Real-life networking and the 10-second pitch

Lecture 2: Polishing your cover letter

Lecture 3: A few more pointers about presenting yourself

Chapter 8: Working with Translation Agencies

Lecture 1: A few things to consider about translation agencies

Lecture 2: The pros and cons of agencies & how to approach them

Lecture 3: The dos and dont's of working with agencies

Chapter 9: Contacting Direct Clients

Lecture 1: Cold-calling & the realities of working with direct clients

Lecture 2: Direct contact & leveraging the translation community

Lecture 3: A personal approach to marketing

Instructors

Una Dimitrijevic
Freelance Translator and Coach for Aspiring Translators

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 4 votes
2 stars: 0 votes
3 stars: 5 votes
4 stars: 27 votes
5 stars: 51 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

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