It was only a couple of years ago that I realised my (mostly) vegan existence didn’t justify or offset my flying habit. Since then, I’ve been making an effort to reduce the amount of flying I do. I started off well, taking my first rail and ferry trip from Granada to Cornwall back in autumn […]
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Money, Motivation, Creativity: the Ups and Downs of Freelancing
In the freelance realm of social media, we all see a lot of talk about feast or famine. A phrase generally used to talk about the financial ups and downs of freelance life. Because god forbid you’d actually have a nice, steady flow of work, month in, month out. You’re either drowning under client emails […]
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Tips for Translators: Why It’s Okay to Go Back to Language School
Once you’re working as a professional freelance translator, there’s this idea that you should be a walking bi-, tri- or polylingual dictionary. That you should know absolutely everything there is to know about your source language(s). And god forbid should you ever make a mistake. But the reality is that, over time, language skills fade […]
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Tips for Translators: Switching Off as a Freelance Translator
When you run your own business, switching off can be tough, no matter what industry you’re in. But when you’re a freelance translator, it can be even harder to actually switch off your laptop and your brain at the end of the day, at the weekends or when you’re meant to be on holiday. Because […]
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Location-Independent Translators: 13 Tips for Working on the Road
As attractive and easy as working on that beach in Colombia might appear on Instagram, anyone doing the digital nomad thing quickly realises that, as incredibly lucky as we are to be able to work and travel, keeping a business afloat when you’re on the road isn’t exactly a stroll on the beach. Now, I […]
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