One Hour Translation Blog

Being in the translation service industry is very challenging. An effective translator needs more than just knowledge of another language to be considered for a job. Read on for the traits someone who is in the human translation business must possess and see how well you fare:

1. Language expertise. No doubt, this is the first and foremost characteristic an effective member of the translation service must possess. If you are not fluent in at least two languages, you must find a career in another field. Definitely, the professional translation industry would need someone … Continue Reading
   

Recently, LinkedIn and other sites such as Facebook and Plaxo received much fury from the people involved in professional translation. The brows were raised due to a survey sent out to gather data on language people’s ideas about crowdsourcing, community, and collaborative human translation.

Freelancers in the professional translation field thought in unfair to offer such a service when they are doing business out of it. In a way, a couple hundreds of those in the translation service felt violated that LinkedIn and the rest are trying to give out an impression that … Continue Reading

Professional translation is pretty much a complicated task. It requires a lot of things from the translator’s end. So how translators should manage their time?

• They should remember to be organized. This is very helpful, especially in case of really big human translation projects that pour in really good income. You should know when and where to start. It also helps if you will follow a timeline so as to ensure that the quality of your translation service is not sacrificed.

• They should set an estimate segment or number of words that could be finished in a day. This way, you will … Continue Reading