Here’s a quiet truth: translators probably write more than most “writers” do. Not the flashy kind of writing that lands you on bestseller lists, but the daily grind—taking apart texts and rebuilding them. Word by word. Sentence by sentence. Every…
Most freelance translators don’t work for clients. They work for brokers. Agencies promise stability, convenience, and access to endless projects. But look closer, and you’ll see the invisible costs: lost autonomy, diluted pay, and an identity reduced to “language vendor.”…
Who Are You? A Translator? A Writer? A Ghost Writer? You are a professional translator. And you translate. So you have to write. Doesn’t that make you a writer too? Maybe you say, “I only write when someone pays me…
