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tranfree issue 25 - 5th February 2001
"Referrals & Speech Recogition"
Welcome to issue 25 of tranfree
- the newsletter for translators.
Rush Rush Rush
The end of January was a bit of a rush. Tax returns, accounts,
books to write, people to see.
But now it's February things have lightened up a bit. We didn't
have much on yesterday so we went out for the afternoon.
Isn't it great having the freedom to be able to do that?
This is something we must never forget when we're out there in
the online mailing lists and forums whining about how bad things
are for us freelancers.
The first four letters of freelance are the most valuable.
When you are freelance you are FREE to...
- turn away work from people you don't like
- set your own terms and rates
- go out shopping in the afternoon if it suits you
...be in control!
The downside is that freedom costs. The cost is - responsibility.
Yuk, we all hate that now don't we? I think the price is worth
paying overall though. Don't you?
Survey Shaping Up
The translatortips®
job sites survey has generated a lot of
votes.
There is a clear leader and it's not the same one as last year.
Come and see who is this year's rising star and last year's
fallen angel. If you have not yet had a look, please go to...
http://www.translatortips.net/job-survey.html
...where you can see the results and vote for your best internet
source of jobs.
[The results from this survey are in tranfree 26
click here to see them]
I'll be reviewing the results and revealing what my predictions
were in the next tranfree.
Enjoy and benefit from tranfree
Alex Eames
tranfree editor, Author -
How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator
This tranfree contains...
Star Letter
From: Mike Levin
Subject: RE: Working w/Tranmail
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:10:56 -0500
"Hi Alex,
Thanks for your advise. I've managed to email out 1,543
letters. In fact, the response was such that I've already
covered the cost of the mailing list."
Mike Levin
Wow, that was quick.
Mike only bought tranmail less than 12 hours ago (at the time of
writing).
Thanks for letting us know Mike. It's always good to hear about
people's success using our products.
translatortips.com product URLs are as follows...
tranmail - system for applying for work by email at 1650 translation agencies around the world (soon to be 2000)
http://www.translatortips.net/tranmail.html
eBook How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator
http://www.translatortips.net/ht50.html
This tranfree's Feature Articles...
- How To Earn Money From The Clients You Refuse - Alex Eames
- Where To Spend Your Money In Speech Recognition - Michael Benis
translatortips.com Linkers FREE Prize Draw
I am keen to get as many of you as possible who have your own web sites to link to the translatortips.com
web site. To encourage you all to put a link to translatortips.com
on your own site, I am holding a monthly prize draw for everyone who does this.
Each month all those people who have put a link on their own web site to the translatortips.com
site (and let me know about it) will go into a ballot and the winner gets a FREE translatortips.com
product of their choice from the following:
this winner is Virginia Anderson - please contact me within the next 3 months to claim your prize from the above selection.
If you wish to put a link to the translatortips.com site on your site you can find instructions at the bottom of this edition.
Translation Joke
More foreign travel funnies...
ITALY
In the office of a Roman doctor...
Specialist in women and other diseases.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN REPUBLIQUE
In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency...
Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no
miscarriages.
DENMARK
In a Copenhagen airline ticket office...
We take your bags and send them in all directions.
NORWAY
In a Norwegian cocktail lounge...
Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
***End of issue 25***
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