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With machine translation tools, one may think that the job of a translator has become obsolete. Nothing could be further from the truth. What are the basic requirements for translators? Undoubtedly, command of the source and the target language. Furthermore, linguistic skills, good style, and familiarity with both the culture of the language we translate from as well as the pitfalls of our own culture.

Nevertheless, translation is not limited to simply rendering the meaning of what is written or said in one language into the other. There are many difficulties awaiting a fresh translator, as this job is business like many others, and every translator should be aware of what is to expect. What is computer-assisted translation? What are CAT tools? Why is networking important? What ethical perplexities may translators encounter?

We’ve compiled a list of the best blogs for boosting your career as a translator. The first ten entries revolve around the technical and business side of translation, followed by ten additional blogs about translation theory and translator’s points of view.

Between Translations

This is a blog run by Jayne Fox, a German into English translator. Thanks to her blog you can become familiar with using the most popular CAT tools and find information about helpful resources and professional development. The author shares her thoughts on finding and working with clients (also from different time zones) and recommends books and webinars useful for translators.

Learn how to find the best translation app to succeed in a global economy and follow our best practices.

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Translation Times

Here you will find a range of information on the business side of translation work, professional development, practical tips on rate negotiation as well as software recommendations in the form of articles and webinars. You can also get acquainted with translation workshops and conference updates, book reviews, academic translation programs, as well as job opportunities. The blog owners and authors are twin sisters who work as translators and interpreters.

A Pragmatic Eye

The blog by Charlie Bavington, French into English translator with extensive experience in the IT industry. You may find many of his observations useful, because he ponders on subjects such as payments (e.g. whether payment in advance is a good idea), takes into account translator conferences and discusses some common issues that translators can have with translation apps or localization platforms.

Business School for Translators

One of the reasons why you should visit this blog is a huge amount of advice for beginners as well as experienced translators who wish to promote their translation or localization services more effectively. You will find almost 100 subjects presented in the form of lessons, accompanied by videos and tips. The lessons can be downloaded as a document. There are also some interesting thoughts about the influence of the translator’s personality on his work, common experienced translator’s mistakes, planning holidays as a freelancer and using social media.

The Translator’s Teacup

If you are a newbie translator, you will find this blog extremely helpful. The blog owner, Rosalyn Newell, describes the most common pitfall that a beginner may face, such as underpayment, tenders, tricky test translations, useless translator directories, and many others. You can also get some valuable advice on the choice of working equipment.

Freelance Folder

This is a great blog for anyone who intends to start a career as a freelancer. It presents various ways of promoting one’s online business and gives detailed advice on different tools that might be helpful when running a freelance business. For instance, Facebook groups are the best ones to join and tips on setting up your own website. It applies not only to translation jobs but to all freelance positions, which may come in handy, if you were to decide to offer more services, e.g. copywriting, to your clients.

Thoughts on Translation

As a translator, you are probably wondering how to balance freelance work and other obligations. This and many other translator’s dilemmas are analyzed thoroughly in this blog. The author shares her tips on time management, finding new clients and basic SEO rules for a freelance website.

eMpTy Pages

This blog is a great resource for every translator interested in technology. The authors present extremely detailed descriptions and opinions about localization management, collaborative translation platforms, translation management systems, machine translation, as well as the localization industry’s biggest players. They present different points of view on the state of the translation market and the opportunities it brings.

The Freelancery

Is it better to have more clients, but low rates or only a few clients offering higher remuneration? You no longer have to worry about it, just check The Freelancery blog, whose author will give you a great solution known as “the free-day rule”. He also ponders on career strategies, choosing the area of specialization, ways of attracting new clients and changing freelance paths.

About Translation

CAT tools can be a real challenge. Check the About Translation blog if you are a beginner in the translation business, but also if you are a seasoned translator. The author shares many practical tips on using the most popular CAT tools, such as MemoQ, Trados, various online tools, and presents some thoughts about the work of a translator.

Diary of a Mad Patent Translator

A blog run by an experienced technical translator. Despite the catchy title, his advice is very serious and ranges from practical tips on whether to give the so-called temporary discounts or not, to reflections on the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual. You can also find updates about upcoming translator conferences.

Musings from an overworked translator

The author presents a great email etiquette list, in 15 concise points, which will give you clear information on how to behave in the online communication world. On this blog, you will also find tips on creating business cards and resumes, as well as you can get impressions from tranlators seminars.

Oxford Dictionaries Blog

A great resource for every translator interested in linguistics. The blog provides an overview of the changes influencing languages and curiosities about many both well-known as well as rare words. It discusses the impact of learning a new language on our personality, and even articles about how animals understand what people say.

Speaking of Translation

This blog is run by two outstanding experts in the field of translation and localization. One of them is also running the aforementioned Thoughts on Translation blog. On this blog, you can actually listen to audio files covering their tips and opinions on the freelance translator’s work. The author addresses the issues of being a freelancer and a parent, self-publishing, and finding a client through industry conferences.

The Translation Business

If you are looking for some more profound analysis of the localization and globalization world, you should definitely visit The Translation Business blog. There are some fascinating conversations between the blog owner, his fellow translators, and scientific workers about the relevant traits of a great translator. All of which matters greatly in the final result of the translation quality and the controversial idea of competitive bidding in the translation industry.

Find out why professional localization services are an indispensable partner for your global business success.

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Unprofessional Translation

If you are interested in a historical overview of how translators and interpreters have been working, you should visit the Unprofessional Translation blog. You will learn about the oldest depiction of an interpreter, how literature translation influences the original, about competitions for child translators, and bilingualism. Furthermore, about the interpreters of some infamous historical figures, such as General Franco or Marshal Petain.

Brave New Words

The Brave New Words blog is an exhaustive resource about translation theory, studies, work and different specializations, such as poetry or audiovisual translation. The author also elaborates on the payment practices in the localization industry and presents links to many interesting articles and websites for everyone desiring to dig deeper into this area.

Naked Translations

Do you need a break from an exhausting translation job? Check the Naked Translations blog. Here you will find interesting notes on the etymology of some words, tips for translators and guest posts on various translation-related subjects. Globalization is always accompanied by localization. The more cultures mingle, the more communication needs to be adapted to local culture. Language is an intrinsic part of the culture, hence the job of a translator is becoming even more necessary.

Speakt

Speakt is a great all-rounder resource, bringing you insightful information from top industry professionals on all things translation. It addresses the interests of both translators and those who want to up their translation game or just stay up to date with the latest technology in the industry. The blog also offers well-researched, deep-dive articles on various topics from the business world, most notably entrepreneurship, and SaaS innovation.

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[deleted post]oh yea... everyblog every article iphone vs blackberry,iphone vs HD2 ,all those articles!! tell the media to stop writing abut that simple and borin phone than try to compete with other brands for a break ,gosh and tell those people to stop making thier imaginative phones on utube how new iphone will look like /gizmodo give 5000$ for a glimpse at new iphone,i hope he pay same price for a glimpse of new what ever other companies model it is and get sued xD /carriers luv iphone becuz lots of people use lots of data usage /benefit for them alot customers luv to use iphone apps good quality apps / is a win-win situition ...what are u guys complaining abut ...if u want a real simple and boring phone ty to get away from iphone/android/ OS .....

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• Maar
• Mj2

I was at a Samsung event where I was told that the Galaxy S wouldn't come out till Q4 2010.

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• T.K
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N 900 is kool hun...`sigh it cant even pinch zoom..if u think is kool lets see how many units are gonna be sold out.forget iphone..lets compete with droid..both has keypad..lets see which one is better...at the end...ibet is still droid....
but i think nexus one is kool but the body is quite ugly and failure marketing stratgrgy they dont even advertise it properly ..but is an alternative to iphone the only alternative .i seen even apple feel threatened ..all iphone fans are ready to change to a better one becuz is so getting boring with iphone3g-3gs same design wtf ! sumtime ...but there are no alternative ....i phone got the best touch experience ...thats why gaming platform is superior oalso other stuffs too...i ask a guy who own n900 why u change from iphone he said is kool why is it kool he said it can multitask and what are u multitasking!! he said i can sms at same time to two person... gosh and i ask why u change from iphone he said '(is locked now it sux i cant use it anymore i can use it as an ipod touch..only) i was like wtf' the problem is some users want a simple phone with alot of feature they can use it not take advantage of it.. for iphone people want to take advantage on it...multitasking was alredy on jailbreak iphone so as other features that apple forbid.. the problem is sum people still dont even know what is jail break...dont hate iphone for having alot of apps all the OS are encouraging developers to submit apps on thier stores but well still they cant catch up ..yet..hope they do that will push apple forward... xD to show new stuff

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Nave, 17 May 2010Every single time one of these phones comes out, you non-iphone fans mention the iphone right ... moreYou might want to read the comments from the beginning, no one even came close to saying anything about Apple or the iPhone until that dude named iPhone showed up and claimed that this samsung is a fail and all phones are a fail, only iPhone is not a fail.
You guys started the attack, we are just defending.

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XXX, 17 May 2010Lol!!!!!!!!!!!! The iphone is not best in class for Business. You are living in dream land l... moreSorry but thats what surveys show. And lol!! E-series is so not for business all its apps are crap.

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I agree, the iPhone revolutionized the touch screen market and thus started the touchscreen era. However, I also agree that Apple made use of their advertising capabilities to full effect and I realized that when I laid my hands on an actual unit.
The iPhone is praised for it's fluid interface and App Store (although not ALL of the claimed apps are actually apps) but that's about it.
Another reason for the iPhone's success in American shores (Yes, AMERICAN SHORES) was that people are actually loyal to the Apple brand. People assumed that because Apple makes good computers, they make good phones, right?
Yes and No. Yes because of the UI and simplicity of it and the apps, but that's about it. The rest is just brand loyalty and social standing (the iPhone is not a cheap phone, remember that. If you got it, it makes you feel you are part of the Apple bandwagon)
This is in my HUMBLE OPINION after all. =)
P.S. I'm no iPhone hater, it's just that there are better alternatives to the iPhone.

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Every single time one of these phones comes out, you non-iphone fans mention the iphone right away and say how much better it is than the iphone. Seriously? you guys probably talk about it more than the iphone fanboys do. How about just ignore the fanboys and keep things simple instead of having an iphone VS another brand convo on every single phones comment section. ffs. im sick of reading about how much gayer or better these phones are than an iphone.

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Anonymous, 16 May 2010Just so you know the iphone tops in surveys when it comes to business use and for satisfaction... moreLol!!!!!!!!!!!! The iphone is not best in class for Business.
You are living in dream land lolzzzzzzzzzzzz
The blackberry bold is the best Business class long with the nokia E class.

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iphone, 16 May 2010Google thought the nexus one would rule the world in the end they failed badly and started cha... moreLol!!! N900 failed this is the best mobile device for browsing the web.
The N900 is still being ship around the world.
The droid have out sold the iphone & sprint htc EVO 4g will out sell the iphone Hd/4g also.

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• Anonymous
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verizon confirm moto shadow in juin and droid 2 in q4 2010.

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• fu$

Google thought the nexus one would rule the world in the end they failed badly and started changing their marketing strategies but it doesn't matter it has already failed,nokia n97 fails even nokia fanboys admits it sucks,the nokia n900 fails due to its bulky design its not everyone's favourite device to carry around and as of today maemo doesn't have enough apps.samsung fails in all their devices they can't even find a proper way of connecting the phone to a pc and sync data n some other stuff, htc fails they can't compete with iphone

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Anonymous, 16 May 2010Just so you know the iphone tops in surveys when it comes to business use and for satisfaction... moreAre you serious? Business? LMAO oh wow shows what occupation you dwell in. Blackberries are the quickest and best for business. Iphone? you're kidding me lol. iphone are just toys - Fun but not functional. Blackberries have corporation plans and services, um does iphone? NAY.

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Anonymous, 16 May 2010HUH you still practice the 'iphone killer' ? there various iphone killers for exampl... moreSUSTAINED!:D Those phones,even in their raw,early stages killed the iPhone. The iPhone looks like a mid-ranger against them. >:) That is the truth. There are about 2-3 people on this forum who are iPhone fanboys and everyone is against them lol...doesn't that make you consider you are praising a phone that the majority of people on the planet think it is inferiour to others...?

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T.K, 16 May 2010so iphone is expensive.... how the hell it sold alot alot :O 5/10 ppl got i phone.. look ar... moreHUH you still practice the 'iphone killer' ? there various iphone killers for example:
nokia n900
nexus one
htc incredible droid
htc desire
htc hd2
motrola milestone
soon to join:
htc evo 4g
nokia n8
nokia meego
nexus two
That explains why Google android outnumbered the iPhone in the USA so don't be ignorant kid, iphone 4th generation will be as same as the iphone 3rd generation except it will have faster processor and slightly camera upgrade with additional front camera and the rest is same old crap, 3.5 inch screen, lcd screen, same design etc..

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Anonymous, 16 May 2010Where in my whole post did you find the word 'cheap'? Then the answer toyours and th... moreJust so you know the iphone tops in surveys when it comes to business use and for satisfaction as well. Stop dreamin inyour fantasy world. Sorry but at the end of the day itll all be about Android, the iPhone and RIM. Which are one of the fastest rising mobile os ever. Symbian is falling and even maemo is a fail. And who the fk brings a ps3 controller everyday? O.o

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N8 has better quality. Too bad samson.

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• Anonymous
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[deleted post]Lol. That phone was cancelled you noob. And if it was released why didnt the make more? As i said, nokia didnt even think about making touchphones anymore until after the iphones success. Heck all these touchphone hype started cause of iphone. And yes there were touchphones befor but non of them really made hype like the iphone did and phone manufacturers didnt really believe it. No one even cared about user interface so much but after iphone its like phone manufctrures are trying hard to make a better ui. And theres multi-touch. I bet others wouldnt even really think about that if it werent for the iphone.
And dont give me crap about first camera, music yadda yadda.

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• Anonymous
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T.K, 16 May 2010first of all i phone is not cheap....so if ur thinking people buy it and keep it in the closet... moreWhere in my whole post did you find the word 'cheap'? Then the answer toyours and the uSNU guys posts, read it again. I said little kids who throw a tantrum if their PARENTS don't buy it. The reason I said kids (even though that a lot of you aren't) is because iPhone is made to be a toy. It's cool looking or 'hip', just about every teenager out there has one, and it's advertised mainly so the young generation when they see the commercial, they immediately go 'oh that is awesome, I want one'. And to prove my point further, how many business people or serious people in general you see using the iPhone?
How is having every single little thing be it's own app the beauty of the app store? But if you want to talk that way okay. I can get an ebook reader, one of 3 choices, for my N900 and then I can go to Project Gutenburg and download into my reader over 30,000 ebooks, for free. So by Apples standards, that's an individual app for each ebook, meaning sumsung, nokia, SE and others have 30,000 apps just from that. For games, I can get myself a PlayStation emulator and play whatever PS game I want, while using a PS3 controller and having my N900 hooked up to the TV for a bigger screen. So every game for PS by apple standards would be it's own app so there is another several thousand apps for nokia, samsung, SE and others. Same with RSS feeds and internet radio. One app that has all of them, but by Apple standards each is it's own app so we got as many apps as there is RSS feeds and internet radio stations. So if you do the math, by Apple standards, we aren't that far behind in apps, we just chose to have one app that houses all the things in it's category, thus not flooding our app stores.
You should also check out this link http://tomch.com/wp/?p=144
Last but not least, I am not an iPhone hater, I just don't like the people who praise it beyond reality and can not accept the fact that there could be and are flaws with it. iPhones appeal is to the young generation (mainly) and I can understand their stupid comments, such as 'iphone the best, everything else sucks', but when someone who seems to have past that young and arrogant stage of life, but still praises iPhone as the all perfect device, you need to get out of that bubble that Steve Jobs is keeping you in and see things the way they are. I know I will admit or agree with someone when they point out a flaw in my phone that is actually there, but you iPhone folks can't seem to do that. And yes, iPhone did influence companies to go make touch devices, but the likes of samsung, nokia, motorala influenced Apple to make a mobile phone. Also Nokia had a touch phone in 2005 with the 6708 http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6708-1518.php way before the iPhone.
Last but not lease, iPhone is successful not because of how great the phone is, but because of the advertising for it.

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• 2Ir

so iphone is expensive.... how the hell it sold alot alot :O 5/10 ppl got i phone.. look around unless u guys are living in a cave xD jk i am dying to see an iphone killer which has been rumored 3years ago and still ... and want to see the new Ipad killer too what is call HP 'slave' sorri i am bad with spelling no iam not becuz it doesn't exist xD if that is not enough ? how abut lets make a bet xD the new upcoming i phone with any other juz one model vs one model(nexus one vs iphone )not (samsung mobile phones vs one iPhone model )(similar price value!!) dont compare with 20$ phone lol xD which model will get bigger piece i can bet all anti iPhone fans will shut up... too ppl saying this model that model will kill iphone i bet they dont buy that killer phones but all iphone fans have one or will buy or saving to buy one 4 sure thats the difference ^^

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[deleted post]iphone should NOT cost a premium price, reason why? Apple make their money through their closed source apps store, in theory, they SHOULD cost LESS than open source handsets. In fact, I believe if they gave them away FREE they would still cover their costs easily, it is pure greed in my opinion. They get you hooked on the product and milk it for ALL it's worth! Still, why should the goose that seems to have laid a golden egg change, $$$$ signs they love! However, congrats to other manufacturers that try to offer what many consider to be better value for money, that my friend is the FREE MARKET!

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