Universitat Pompeu Fabra: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 17, 2015

By Carmen Salomón Hernández I finished my high school degree, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2011 and decided to study Translation and Interpreting…

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Do you know your ideal customer? Creating a customer avatar for your freelance translation business

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 10, 2015

ByÌýTess Whitty Reblogged fromÌýMarketing Tips for Translators with permission from the author (including the image) The other week I interviewed Alessandra Martelli on creating…

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Go National or Stay Local?

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 4, 2015

by Giovanna Lester in collaboration with The Savvy Newcomer Team Full disclosure: I am one of the co-founders and currently the president of the…

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Social Media Strategies

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 27, 2015

ByÌýCatherine Christaki Reblogged fromÌýCarol’s Adventures in Translation with permission from the authors In order to get the most out of social media, you must…

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How to Make the Most of Your Last Year at University? 7 Essential Steps for Translation Students

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 20, 2015

ByÌýMarta Stelmaszak My last year at university as a translation student was a blast. I was thrilled to see how the quality of my…

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MIIS: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 13, 2015

ByÌýErin Teske My first glimpse of what it would be like to be a student at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey,…

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GeekSpeak (Jost Zetzsche)

By The ATA Chronicle | January 1, 2015

This article is available as a PDF only. Click to read.

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A tour of celebrations around the world through different time zones!

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 18, 2014

By The Savvy Newcomer Team and Friends The Savvy Newcomer is read in many countries, by translators and interpreters who work in many languages.…

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University of Lund: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 9, 2014

ByÌýMarie Eriksson I came to Lund University for the first time as winter was just giving way into spring. My father drove me from…

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Marketing to Direct Clients

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 2, 2014

Reblogged from the ATA Business Practices. Instead of working exclusively for agencies, many translators and interpreters are discovering that working for direct clients is…

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What to do when things slow down…

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 25, 2014

By Helen Eby As freelancers, we are thrilled when we get a lot of work! Then we go pretty crazy with the load, saying…

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ATA Conference Through the Eyes of Newbies and Buddies

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 18, 2014

By The Savvy Newcomer Team It has been almost two weeks since we all returned from Chicago, but it already feels like the ATA…

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