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tranfree issue 37 - 06 August 2001

"Payment Issues and Quiet Times"

 

Welcome to issue 37 of tranfree - the newsletter for translators.

 

We made it to Poland. 2 days of hard driving. It was tougher than ever this year because of 30+ degrees C temperature and traffic jams in Germany. But we got here OK in the end. If we ever do it again (and we say 'never again' every year) we'll get a car with air-conditioning.

The new translatortips® ecommerce system is up and running. I'm glad it works because I wrote it myself. Even these days, you don't seem to be able to buy software that does exactly what you want. Frustrating but true. >

August is usually a quiet month in the translation year. So we thought it would be a good time for one of John McCarthy's articles about all the things you can do when you are not inundated with work

We're also taking a look at the impact on translation businesses of non-payment and late payment. Is it the biggest, hottest issue, or overblown hype? Only you can decide which it is for your business. Check out the article and give us your views.

Enjoy and benefit from tranfree.

Alex

Alex Eames
tranfree editor, Author -
How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator

 

 

This tranfree contains...

 

 

Star Letter

Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 00:03:20 +0000
From: Toni Schikula
To: <alex@translatortips.com>

Dear Alex,

I couldn't resist buying the 2nd edition of your eBook at the full price shortly after its appearance, even though you mentioned before that an upgrade path would eventually become available for people who want to upgrade from version 1.

I have found the 1st edition very well written and, more importantly, very helpful, and wasn't disappointed by the 2nd edition either, quite the contrary. And even at the full price, it didn't seem too expensive.

Keep up the good work!

Many thanks and best regards,

Tony Schikula


Thanks Tony

translatortips.com product URLs are as follows...


eBook How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator

http://www.translatortips.net/ht50.html

tranmail - system for applying for work by email at 1800+ translation agencies around the world

http://www.translatortips.net/tranmail.html

Alex Eames, tranfree editor

    This tranfree's Feature Articles...

  1. How Big A Deal Is Non-Payment And Late Payment? - Alex Eames
  2. My Other Side - What to do in quiet times - John McCarthy

 

 

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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 Gerald Woodard - 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

Contributed by Lynne O'Connor

English subtitles used in films from Hong Kong:

  • I am darn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.

  • Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep.

  • Same old rules: no eyes, no groin.

  • A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.

  • Darn, I'll burn you into a BBQ chicken.

  • Take my advice, or I'll spank you a lot.

  • Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?

  • This will be of fine service for you, you bag of the scum. I am sure you will not mind that I remove your toenails and leave them out on the dessert floor for ants to eat.

 

***End of issue 37***