No matter how great your translation skills are, clients can’t hire you if they don’t know about you. In recent years, many more freelance translators have entered the market, which has made it more difficult to make a living on low-end work, and generated more competition for high-end work; to succeed as a freelancer, good marketing skills are key.

Whether you’re thinking of starting a freelance translation business, you’re a beginning freelancer, or you’re an experienced freelancer looking to improve, you need to implement some basic success strategies.

In these 4 sessions  we will take a look at how to decide if you want to work with agencies, direct clients, or both, how to choose a specialization, and how to start marketing your services to clients. We’ll also look at some pitfalls and best practices of successful freelance translators.