Business skills for translators

Learn why business skills are so important for freelance translators, how to successfully manage your business, improve your professional image and increase your revenue!

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Course modules:

1. Corporative Communications
2. Costs and Revenues
3. Invoicing and Collecting
4. Marketing for Translation Industry

Learning objectives:

Understand the importance of business for freelance translators

Learn basic concepts of finance in order to successfully manage a small business

Learn how to sell translations

What's included?

4 Interactive Flash lessons (one for each module)

Full lessons in web format in detail and links to glossary.

glossary with definitions for key terminology.

Power Point with summary of contents for student's quick reference.

Content reference sections.

5 Online exercises with results (one for each module + final exam).

• Quiz: Choosing the right words in different business situations
  
• Questionnaire: What is my real profit?
  
• Case Study: Different clients, different I&C methods
  
• Case Study: Tips to sell translation-related services
  
• Final Exam: Solving problems with clients
  

Register in other courses in this series:

Marketing techniques for translators

Translation project management

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Participation fee includes:

• Access to the 4 module interactive course, course materials, exercises and exams.
• Certification of participation (will be issued after completion of final course exam)

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Bio: With ten years in translation and localization industry -performing translating, editing, proofreading and project management duties- Johanna has also experience as Translation Professor, Content Developer and Copywriter. She holds a B.A. in Applied Linguistics and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. She is also a Certified Localisation Professional by The Institute of Localisation Professionals. Nowadays, she works as Operations Manager for Jangulo, a localization company which works with leading LSPs and companies from around the world offering a wide-range of services, from translation to creative writing..