This video will help viewers develop required competencies for a successful performance as freelancers for a translation agency.
Description
With this video you will be able:
• To write a functional CV or resumé and use it as a marketing tool.
• To write suitable cover letters.
• To deal with Interviews in the translation industry.
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Price and access information
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Price : 20 USD
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Bio: With ten years in translation and localization industry -performing translating, editing, proofreading and project management duties- Johanna has also experience as Translation Professor, Content Developer and Copywriter. She holds a B.A. in Applied Linguistics and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. She is also a Certified Localisation Professional by The Institute
of Localisation Professionals. Nowadays, she works as Operations Manager for Jangulo, a localization company which works with leading LSPs and companies from around the world offering a wide-range of services, from translation to creative writing..
"I thought I knew a lot about writing CVs and cover letters, but this training course has shown me th..." Read moreat I still have many things to learn. "
"A very good insight into the way to write a specialized CV even for fresh translators. And also good..." Read more hints on kinds of questions you might be asked or ask during a telephone interview. Some distracting sound interferences in the beginning, though."
"Once again very good pace and tone. I thought that the CV/cover letter info was a bit advanced for i..." Read moret to be aimed at a beginning translator. I don't have much experience translating and I am "cold contacting" clients. A formal, let alone lengthy cover letter, I believe, is not advisable for many of my contacts. Even specific responses to Proz postings: managers are looking at many potential candidates."
The translation workplace 
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