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posted 30 October 2002 20:40            

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I am a Korean - English, English - Korean freelance translater with fair experiencs.
And I have no idea of where I have to get clients, the rates, appropriate quality, etc.
I would highly appretiate some tips from other experienced translaters.
Thank you!

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posted 30 October 2002 21:26            

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I would stick to translating into Korean if it is your native language.

Hang around this site and have a look through a lot of the old messages and you will find a lot of your questions answered.

Using the search function for keywords like rates will give you some guidelines.

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Alex Eames
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helping translators do better business

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posted 30 October 2002 21:40            

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I did mainly Korean-English translations.
Translating here seems very different than Korea, where the translation industry is very small, and many "rogue" translaters doing good work, compared to many agencies. I am guessing the Korean/English market is small, since it was small in Korea too.
Thank you, I will look at many old topics to find out.

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posted 30 October 2002 23:49            

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My reply is the same as Alex's ... stick to English to Korean, and just browse the archives to get lots of good information and advice there. Good luck.

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Mary C. Maloof
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posted 04 November 2002 15:12            

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For what it's worth, many companies here are loathe to let you translate out of your native language inless you're proven to be as good in the target language as someone who is a native speaker of it. I get the impression that translating into your first language is the rule.

Having said that, I do love the exceptions to that rule: I really relish the occasional English to Japanese jobs that land on my desk.

Djbeat79, I'm pretty much in the same situation as you, about to start out on my own, and fairly new to this site. I really recommend you read through the past threads - they're a wealth of information.

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