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What resources do I need to work efficiently?
Thread poster: Fvdamme
Meta Arkadia
Meta Arkadia
Local time: 22:29
English to Indonesian
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Relocate Apr 17, 2013

Edward Vreeburg wrote:
Friends in high places....

Yep. And in other places. Companies tend to outsource their translation in their own country of business, and in Fvdamme's case (as in mine), that means the UK (US/Canada/Australia) and Germany (etc). I rarely get marketing jobs from Dutch agencies or companies.

As for other software, the practical things that Gitte mentioned are the ones I am looking for in the first place


How middle of the road can you get? Marketing guys (M/F) will not be impressed.

Cheers,

Hans (Mac OS X, CafeTran)
 
LilianNekipelov
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United States
Local time: 11:29
Russian to English
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I agree with Sheila here. Apr 17, 2013

Concentrate on quality and professionalism -- timely delivery, professional attitude towards clients, ethics. Try to find good places to advertise. Design an interesting site -- professional but not the boring kind many outsourcers have to look like big corporation. Make some connections through social sites, prior clients, friends to get jobs directly. You may need one like a really basic CAT tool -- I am not sure which one -- I am not really a specialist on CAT tools. Don't waste your money on... See more
Concentrate on quality and professionalism -- timely delivery, professional attitude towards clients, ethics. Try to find good places to advertise. Design an interesting site -- professional but not the boring kind many outsourcers have to look like big corporation. Make some connections through social sites, prior clients, friends to get jobs directly. You may need one like a really basic CAT tool -- I am not sure which one -- I am not really a specialist on CAT tools. Don't waste your money on many CAT tools -- one is really enough -- the best one for your purposes. You don't need any MT -- you can always google some phrases. Otherwise quality, quality, quality. ▲ Collapse
 
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