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Reviewing Your Own Performance
Want to measure your translation or interpreting business performance? Join this webinar to turn your project data into business analytics.…
Mastermind Program: Open for Applications
Don’t go it alone! Translators and interpreters often go into business understanding that finding and retaining clients will be hard…
Mentoring Program: Open for Applications
Get the Support You Need! ATA’s Mentoring Program offers matching services to members at different stages in their career. Mentees…
Setting and Raising Your Rates as a Freelancer
How do you set or raise rates for your translation and interpreting services? Hint: It’s not about what someone else…
Manage Your Translation Business Wisely with a 90-Day Plan
Learn how to take your translation and interpreting business to the next level with clear goals and a 90-day plan…
Productivity Hacks for Freelancers
Discover practical approaches for increasing the productivity—and profitability—of your freelance translation and interpreting business. The success of a small business…
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