Social Media Mistakes
This blog posting is one that has been bouncing around my head for a long time now. In my opinion, relatively few companies are using social media well and many are using it very badly. Small...
View ArticleCertification from an Agency Perspective
A few posts ago I wrote about translator’s resumes from an agency perspective, things we like to see and things we don’t care for. One very important point I want to include in my comments is the issue...
View ArticleWhat would you say to your 22 year old self?
“Your friends are shit. You tell them you made 25 grand last month, they’re not gonna fuckin’ believe you. Fuck them! Fuck ‘em! Parents don’t like the life you lead? ‘Fuck you, Mom and Dad.’ See how it...
View ArticleThe Best Networking Group I’ve Ever Been To!
When my alarm went off this morning at 6am I found myself not wanting to get out of bed. I could hear it raining and my partly open window let me feel the too-cold-for-May air outside. I had committed...
View ArticleProject Management for Dummies- It’s all about your personal relationships!
I was reading a blog posting yesterday (written by a translator, Mario Chavez, whose work and personality I highly respect) entitled “The Distant Project Manager”, available at wordsmeet.worpress.com....
View ArticleShockingly Low Rates- are they good for the translation industry?
A translator from Argentina contacted our office last week asking for work, she stated that her price was $.03/word. The email came to me and I did not respond to it, I automatically have distrust for...
View ArticleWhat would you do? Our customer sent more than the translation…..
I was supposed to receive 3 documents for translation into Chinese from a manufacturing company we recently started to work with. What was emailed to me was a folder that contained much more than the...
View ArticleMake sure everyone knows the rules BEFORE the game begins!
This posting may seem very simple but I see the negativity between agencies and translators, and, as much as I would like to distinguish my agency from that group, I have to eventually face the fact...
View ArticleAre employees inherently “good” or inherently “evil”?
Do you think employees are inherently lazy or do you think they inherently want to do good work? This can be debated almost as heatedly as “is man born inherently good or inherently evil?” We have...
View Article10 Ways your Business Benefits from the Recession!
I am sure most of you have watched the events of the last few weeks with a mixture of awe and horror. As I listen to news reports and see the Dow swing widely, the main thought I have is, “How will...
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