Translator

With the freelance translation job market becoming fiercely competitive and crowded it can be hard to stand out and get the job that you want. Having only your translation skills is not enough for you to get by.

We've been asked how does a translator life looks like and what they do every day. Some people think that being a freelance translator is an easy life as they're working from home and can work whenever they feel like, and do their errands when needed. While this could apply to some people, it's far from the truth when it comes to translators.

As a freelance translator, you need to know the basics of translation especially when you are just a beginner. You need to search for tips in order to learn how to improve your translation skills so you can get more clients. Tips that help translators improve their craft is the topic of today!

Computer-aided translation tools are software apps that help translators in their work. While some translators are wary to accept computer assisted translation tools out of fear or for other reasons, CAT tools can help you speed up translation and reduce costs.

It's in the client's nature to be picky when it comes to getting a service and when they're not happy with the output (or just have a really bad day), they may imply that the translator used machine translation for their job, although it is well known the fact that a real professional would not use a tool like Google Translate in order to speed up his work.

Translating might seem easy, but it can be a tedious thing to do especially when the document to be translated is specialized in a specific field. Translators may lose clients if they don't do their tasks seriously. Freelance translators need to do their job well so that the clients are happy with the result.

Surveys say that the average translator earnings are around 4,000 dollars a month. But this figure is only for in-house translators who have to go to the office everyday. For freelancers it's hard to say. For every high earner there are a lot who barely get by, especially in the beginning.

A translation career is the best path there is when it comes to being a freelancer. The pay rate enables you to earn an amount in a few hours that would take more hours or even a day for any other kind of work.