A tour of celebrations around the world through different time zones!

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 18, 2014

By The Savvy Newcomer Team and Friends The Savvy Newcomer is read in many countries, by translators and interpreters who work in many languages.…

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Marketing to Direct Clients

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 2, 2014

Reblogged from the ATA Business Practices. Instead of working exclusively for agencies, many translators and interpreters are discovering that working for direct clients is…

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What to do when things slow down…

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 25, 2014

By Helen Eby As freelancers, we are thrilled when we get a lot of work! Then we go pretty crazy with the load, saying…

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Lesson 94: 9 Negotiation mistakes every translator has been guilty of at least once

By The Savvy Newcomer | November 11, 2014

By Marta Stelmaszak Reblogged from Want Words with permission from the author I thought it was a very relevant topic to cover because of many misconceptions…

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ATA Science & Technology Division 2014 National Meeting Program

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 21, 2014

By Matthew Schlecht The ATA Science & Technology Division has a solid program at the 55th ATA Annual Meeting with content that will appeal…

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The Freelance Juggling Act: Balancing Work, Family, and the Rest of Life as a Freelancer

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 14, 2014

By Corinne McKay  What’s the best and the worst thing about freelancing? It’s all up to you! Whether you work 20 hours a week or…

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ATA Business Smarts – The Midsummer Slump

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 19, 2014

Reblogged from ATA Business Practices Dear Business Smarts: During the past two weeks, very little work has come in. My regular clients all seem…

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Happy Birthday to The Savvy Newcomer!

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 12, 2014

This Friday, August 15, marks the first anniversary of The Savvy Newcomer blog – still very young, but, boy has its presence been felt! …

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Tips for an Interpreter-Friendly Presentation

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 22, 2014

By Ewandro Magalhães Featured article from The ATA Chronicle, originally published in August 2012 As much as we hate to admit it, interpreters make…

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Helen’s summer reading topic: Spanish linguistics

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 15, 2014

By Helen Eby I plan to teach a class on the formal aspects of Spanish for Hispanics who speak Spanish well and have a…

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From ATA’s Divisions: The German Language Division

By The Savvy Newcomer | June 24, 2014

By Arnold Winter As a German-to-English translator, it was a “no brainer” for me to join the ATA’s German Language Division at the start…

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The Hidden Part of the Job

By The Savvy Newcomer | May 6, 2014

By Giovanna Lester  In my marketing workshops I discuss a subject I call “Anatomy of a Project.” The focus is on the immediate interaction…

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