Blogging Translator
Blog URL http://www.bloggingtranslator.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags translation, freelance, freelancing, blogging, translator, french, english, spanish, portuguese
I use this blog as a way of tracing my own development as part of the translation profession. I also write frequent posts about trends in social media and how it shapes the way we work in the 21st Century.
Latest Blog Posts
- Getting into translation part 2 on Nov 3, 2009 in CPD Translation business getting started
This is another post aimed at those considering a career in translation, following my recent similar post. A few months back I was asked to write a case study for 50:50 Magazine, about what it was like being a freelance translator. It’s hard to...
- Getting into translation on Oct 22, 2009 in CPD Freelancing Translation business in-house translation starting out
Last Saturday I gave a talk at a Chartered Instituted of Linguists event on getting started in translation. I had one hour to give a rough overview of the skills you need to be successful as a translator, the type of work you might do, a ‘typic...
- Guest post: an introduction to SEO on Sep 23, 2009 in SEO Technology writing Uncategorized
Today I’m publishing this guest post by Rob Hammond, SEO strategist at a leading global media company, who gives some basic pointers on Search Engine Optimisation for translators. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) deals with optimising websites...
- Autumn calendar dates on Sep 1, 2009 in CPD London Continuing Professional Development
Now that the summer is all but behind us, we can look forward to a packed calendar of translation events for the coming autumn, and I’m pleased to announce that yours truly will be speaking at some of them! 12 September, ITI London Regional Gro...
- Contingency planning for your freelance business on Aug 21, 2009 in Freelancing Technology business Working practices
Céline over at Naked Translations wrote a post yesterday about back-up systems for freelancers, and invited others to share how they guard their businesses against data loss. Céline, if you’re reading, this post is my answer! I actually have...
- Presentation on social media for translators on Jul 20, 2009 in Blogging Freelancing Google London Social Media Technology. time management web 2.0
You may remember that in May this year, Sarah Dillon and I gave a presentation on web 2.0 and social media for translators at the ITI conference in London, Sarah presenting remotely from Brisbane, Australia, and me in person at the venue in London. T...
- Translation tips from the ITI ‘Style Matters’ translation workshop, Perth on Jun 24, 2009 in Continuing Professional Development Linguistics Personal Development Translation writing
Last weekend I attended a translation workshop organised by ITI Scotland and led by Ros Schwartz and Chris Durban. This was a great opportunity to get top writing tips from some of the best in the business, and the event was very well attended (despi...




