Translation burnout is not just the feeling of exhaustion after long hours with a demanding project. It’s more than that. You spend hours with an approaching deadline and demanding subject matter. You completed and delivered with reasonable satisfaction and hardly…
Freelance translators rarely treat themselves as brands. That’s why not many translators maintain a personal website to offer their services. Most rely on platforms like ProZ, Upwork, or agencies. Even those who build a website often leave it static. And…
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…
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…
“I’m just a translator waiting to take jobs or translation tasks.” That small phrase ‘just a translator’ is more damaging than it looks. It limits how you see yourself, how clients perceive you, and how much you grow. The real…
