This course teaches you how to turn your language skills into a freelance translation career. You’ll learn how to find clients, work independently, and earn money—all while enjoying flexible work and life balance.
Earn a Living in Freelance Translation: A Step-by-Step Course with Expert Guidance. Get hired for translation jobs.
This course teaches you how to use your language abilities to work for yourself. You will learn how to earn a living on your own terms, so you can work on projects of your choosing, and can still be available for life's moments.
A Guide containing everything you need to go from nothing to being a Successful Freelance Translator
Learn How To Earn A Living Working Independently Through Freelance Translation.
Use your knowledge of languages to earn money as a freelance translator
Learn how to become an independent translation professional
Find out how to work both for yourself and for translation agencies, so you can have the best of both worlds
Become familiar with what agencies and clients look for, so you can be better positioned to get hired by them
Learn to view your second language as a second degree
Your second language truly is worth just as much as another university degree. It is a skill that is in high demand, and that can earn you more money and a more comfortable life. This course aims to help you use this skill to its full potential.
This course covers the preparation, how to be discovered by clients, as well as the translation process and, obviously, getting paid. Do you know where to find clients? How do you discern the useful clients from the wastes of time? How can you make sure they pick you as a translator? How will you get paid, and get paid on time? How can you avoid working for a pittance?
See what other students have had to say:
"Robert's course is just what the doctor ordered! ... First-rate course, and I recommend it unhesitatingly for both novice and non-novice (I just made that word up!) alike." - Daniel Steve Villarreal, Taipei, Taiwan
"Awesome course! I am a translator for over 4 years and this course helps me to make 20% more money per month. Once again thank you so much ! " - William Davalle
"It's a great course. I think its more practical style gives it efficiency. It helped me going straight to some things that I think will be useful in my career. Congratulations, Robert!" - Marcus Vinicius de Almeida Lins Santos
"I believe this course is a great tool to help me start translating again at a professional capacity. Kudos!" - Patrícia Caixeirinho
"Es una excelente herramienta para desarrollar mejor nuestros esfuerzos y habilidades como freelancers." - Loyda Vindel
"It was exactly what I was looking for because before the course I had a lot of information but no idea of how to get it organized. I feel more confident now. Muchas gracias. :D" - Soledad Ortiz Cejas
Content Overview
This course is structured to serve as reference material, so you can go through the whole course in around one week, but, as your freelance career progresses, you will probably want to go back for refreshers, so to see how various steps can apply to your new situation.
Most of this course will be taught via videos, with some written notes and explanations for those wishing to go further in depth in their career as a freelance translator.
By the end of this course, you will be able to use your knowledge of languages to earn your own money online. You will know what is important in working for yourself, how to make yourself employable to new clients, and how to retain them once they have chosen you as a translator.
The world is becoming increasingly global, while jobs are less and less secure, and the Internet is, by now, near universal. Combine all these factors, and you have a perfect storm of opportunity for people who speak more than one language.
You've learned your language, and this course concentrates on what to do next, so you can use your abilities to choose jobs and clients that interest you. In other words, you can become a freelance translator.
Use Your Language and Translation Skills to Earn a Living Working for Yourself
Earn a living through freelance translation
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The course clarified my knowledge, particularly on marketing &
marketing strategies. My father ws a teacher, an apple orchardist and an insurance agent with his own agency. So I have a good role model and my experience has taught me vauable lessons
that the course induces me to reflect on. In case you're wondering, I took 2 years of Sp. in HS, used it throughout the years talking with farm laborers before taking a refresher course at the YWCA as preparaton for a international Baha'i which led conference in Quito which led me to pioneer to Colombia for 8 1/2
years teaching English to feed the body and teaching the Baha'i
Faith to feed the soul, during which time I earned both a certificate in TEFL/TESOL and an M.S in TESOL in addition to experience. Back in the States, I spent 2 years as an ESL teacher
to farm workers, 5 years as a bilingual field interviewer for a monthly survey for the Census Bureau, one year sighttranslating
he interview instrument on the laptop for my Sp. interviews, 2 years as a contract medical intrpreter (state certified) and a year volunteering for a public radio station in Sp. So my opinion is well informed - not just out of the blue.I told you about my background to illustrate the value of my opinion.
Clear, sensible, informative.
Very clearly explained.
Practical advice.
Fantastic course with a lot of valuable information! A must for any aspiring freelance translator! I would welcome some updates regarding useful websites and tools, but otherwise a fabulous experience!
This course covers every aspect of translation that a beginner to the industry should know . I have no prior experience in translation and wanted knowledge and information that could guide me in understanding this industry. I find this course comprehensive and insightful dealing with the nuances of the translation business . The tips and guidance that I came across will hopefully help me in embarking on this new path in my professional life.
Great course, it was of great help in my journey as a Freelance Translator.
This course was really good: exactly what I expected and needed. Robert is a very professional and articulate teacher. I'll be coming back to this in the future, I am sure, as it is a mine of information.
Finding it getting more and more useful as I immerse into it... I would somehow hope that the request of the rating would come later at the end of the course rather than in the middle. And however, there a few couple of videos which always seems to be lagging or stuck at times.
Excellent course! I'm learning a lot from it. Hope that when I put all those super useful tips into practice I get good results!
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Rocio D. L. R.
Robert's course was great! He was very detailed in all his explanations, and he shared a lot of information and useful resources. I highly recommend this course.