Freelance Translation Tips Acahi

This is the third interview my sister has with me. Here we talk about the Chicken and the Egg. If you don't know which comes first, how do you get started. Bear with us (and the stretch of a metaphor) and you will see how it relates to freelancing.


Briefly, these are the 5 points mentioned in this episode:

1: SEO and online marketing.

2. Friends and Family.

3. Do jobs for low pay.

4. Do a job for free.

5. Recognize opportunities. With the question of the chicken and the egg, recognize when an egg (or chicken) comes to you.





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This is the second interview my sister has with me. It ended up being more of a discussion surrounding AIDA, and marketing as a freelance translator in general.

To recap, A.I.D.A. stands for:

Attention
Interest
Desire
Action


Any suggestions for future topics? Feel free to let us know in the comments!


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My sister interviewed me because she doesn't understand what I do as a Freelance Translator and with my Translation Agency. So, there you go. At the end we discuss what books we've been reading.


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This episode discusses Products vs. Services and some of the differences between them, such as how you usually pay for Products in advance, but you pay for Services after they've been rendered. So how can you change your Translation service into a product?

The books I mention are:
The E-myth revisited, by Michael Gerber:
http://www.amazon.com/The-E-Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses/dp/0887307280?&linkCode=wsw&tag=dumage-20

Built to Sell, by John Warrillow:
http://www.amazon.com/Built-Sell-Creating-Business-Without/dp/1591845823?&linkCode=wsw&tag=dumage-20



The Chicken and Egg video I mention:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0dFD8e3vn4



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Which came first? The Chicken or the Egg?

Here I talk about the age old question of the Chicken and the Egg. If you don't know which comes first, how do you get started. Bear with me (and my stretch of a metaphor) and you will see how it relates to freelancing.


Briefly, these are the 5 points I mention here:

1: SEO and online marketing.

2. Friends and Family.

3. Do jobs for low pay.

4. Do a job for free.

5. Recognize opportunities. With the question of the chicken and the egg, recognize when an egg (or chicken) comes to you.





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**** I have no affiliation with the authors I mention, nor do I receive any benefit, monetary or otherwise, from mentioning them or their books. I am just recommending these books because I liked them and I think others who are into linguistics and translation might like them too. ****



Here I discuss some books I've been reading lately that deal with translation and linguistics:

1. "Translating Styles", by Tim Parks
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hhejxwa


2. "La ricerca della lingua perfetta", by Umberto Eco
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hvs8t8k


"The search for the perfect language" by Umberto Eco
http://preview.tinyurl.com/grvohtt


3. "The Korean Language Reform of 1446", by Gari Keith Ledyard
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hpbdjg8


4. "History of Chinese Characters" (Also called "Character Types") by Wang Nai
http://preview.tinyurl.com/gn6mpd4


5. 'The Adventure of English", by Melvyn Bragg
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zkg4k8n


The History of English Podcast
http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/




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