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tranfree issue 34 - 22 June 2001 "Family Poll Results, How to Start?"
Welcome to issue 34 of tranfree - the newsletter for translators.
This tranfree contains the results of our quick poll on whether working for friends and family members is a good idea. Also we have an article which answers many of the questions we get asked every week. Phil has put together a set of answers that points to areas of the site where beginners and less experienced translators can get excellent advice and tips. If you're a seasoned professional, this article will save you time too. Every time a beginner asks you how to get started, all you need to do is point them in the direction of this article or email them a copy of this tranfree edition.
Alex Eames
This tranfree contains...
Star LetterFrom: "Renata Celente" "Hi Alex After following your advices, specially those concerned to introduction letters, I started to send my résumé to potential clients. I might add that I've also bought Glenn's Guide a couple of years ago. Oddly, GG says that we shouldn't spend too much time with introduction letters since clients throw them away right away. And so I did the first time I sent resumes. The response from clients was minimal. At this time, I chose to follow your advices and wrote a beautiful and professional introduction letter, stating what I offer as a translator and what I consider important in our profession in order to deliver a good translation. Bingo! The responses were far beyond my expectations! Many of them wrote me back saying how I perfectly caught their spirit towards professional translation. I must thank you for your wonderful book. When I bought it, I went straight to the e-mail addresses. So bad I didn't have the time to read it throughly. Keep on your good work. Best wishes from Brazil, Thanks Renata
http://www.translatortips.net/ht50.html 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 Alex Eames, tranfree editor
This tranfree's Feature Articles...
Add A tranfree Signup Box CompetitionI am keen to get as many of you as possible who have your own web sites to put a tranfree signup box on your web site. To encourage you all to do this we are holding a monthly prize
draw for everyone who does. This is in addition to the linkers
free prize draw. So you can double your chances of winning if you
do both Each month, all those people who have put a tranfree signup box on their own website (and let me know about it) will go into a ballot and the winner gets a FREE translatortips® product of their choice from the following...
This edition's winner is Timothy A. Gregory - please contact me within the next 3 months to claim your prize from the above selection. If you wish to put a tranfree signup box on your site you can find instructions at the bottom of this edition.
Translation JokeContributed by K Hildebrand at our
translatortips® jokes forum... Several years ago I worked as a missionary in Frankfurt Germany. My partner was an American who had been speaking German for less than 6 months. We once knocked on the door of a young woman who answered but would not open the door. Through the closed door, we informed her we were from the church. The young woman excused herself by saying... "Leider habe ich keine Zeit, Ich ziehe mich um." My partner, believing she said... "Sorry I have no time, I am moving (Ich ziehe um)" ...quickly asked... "Dürfen wir helfen?" (May we help?). He understood her silence when I told him what she actually said was... "Sorry I have no time, I am undressing."
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