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Translation Agencies recommended? | Qualities of good agencies

Joakim Braun — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:33:00 +0000

Forum: Getting established
Topic: Translation Agencies recommended?
Poster: Joakim Braun
Post title: Qualities of good agencies

A few things that most good agencies have in common, in my experience:

* Agreeable, non-officious, personal tone in e-mails.
* Succinct communication except when needed (then they may go into great detail).
* Fast replies.
* Will usually notify when prospective clients cancel jobs.
* Pay punctually, often earlier than expected.
* Will expect you to go the extra mile (and will readily do so themselves, for instance if scheduling problems occur).
* Will read your deliveries carefully, and often come back with queries (sometimes time-consuming, usually relevant and instructive).
* Ask you to do work for the same client repeatedly (because the client likes your translation, and they keep track of this).
* Some pay well, none pay badly.

(This might be the definition of "good", but for some reason these attributes usually go together.)

Translation Agencies recommended? | @Itati

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:49:00 +0000

Forum: Getting established
Topic: Translation Agencies recommended?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: @Itati

Besides the advice you have already gotten here, one of the best ways for gaining work experience in translation and learning the ropes is through an internship in a translation agency. Research how many translation agencies there are in your city/area and try finding a job as an in-house junior translator (some are paid)…

Good luck!

Translation Agencies recommended? | Maybe look at it differently

Matthieu Ledoré — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:17:00 +0000

Forum: Getting established
Topic: Translation Agencies recommended?
Poster: Matthieu Ledoré
Post title: Maybe look at it differently

Hello Itati,
IMO, you should 1/ make yourself desirable to potential clients (so, work on your profile–yours is fine, but far too short), and 2/ target clients (including agencies) that can be long-term partners, not simply make you "gain experience" (the low-price agencies will force you into unhealthy and low-quality work practices).

Regarding agencies to target, Proz's Blue Board might be a good start: [url removed]
However, a very good mark often simply means that the agency pays its translators, not necessarily that they are a quality agency.

If you are looking to gain experience, why not do some pro bono work?
Proz has such a program: [url removed]
I can also recomment Translators without Borders: [url removed]

Best of luck

[Modifié le 2024-09-09 16:23 GMT]

Translation Agencies recommended?

Itati Di Giano — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:38:00 +0000

Forum: Getting established
Topic: Translation Agencies recommended?
Poster: Itati Di Giano

Hello everyone!
I'm a recently graduated EN-ES translator. I have little experience. Could you give me some recommendations to enter the job market? What translation agencies would you recommend to get experience? If you help me with this, I would be very pleased.
Lots of thanks!