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Autor wątku: Eduardo Davi Geraldo
Eduardo Davi Geraldo
Eduardo Davi Geraldo
Brazylia
Local time: 19:54
angielski > portugalski
+ ...
Nov 30, 2021

Hello!

What is the best way to reach translator opportunities? By filling out the web pages of translation companies or by sending an email asking if they need a translator?

How do you do this?

Thanks!
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 23:54
włoski > angielski
Three things Nov 30, 2021

Eduardo Davi Geraldo wrote:

Hello!

What is the best way to reach translator opportunities? By filling out the web pages of translation companies or by sending an email asking if they need a translator?

How do you do this?

Thanks!


1. Having a 100% complete profile and all the right keywords down at the bottom (where Google does its searches). At the moment you only have eight! To get some ideas, look at other people's profiles.
2. Having a particular specialisation or area of expertise that sets you apart from the competition.
3. Waiting patiently for people to find you when they Google for a translator who has your attributes. This may not happen for a long time, and it may not happen very often but when it does - you're in business!

[Edited at 2021-11-30 13:59 GMT]

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Matthias Brombach
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Niemcy
niderlandzki > niemiecki
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Four things Nov 30, 2021

4. Despite the crisis in Brazil, you should attend to as many translator powwows as you can.

Eduardo Davi Geraldo
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Morano El-Kholy
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Egipt
Local time: 01:54
Członek ProZ.com
od 2011
angielski > arabski
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Five things Nov 30, 2021

5- You can also fill out the web pages of translation companies as you have stated above.

Eduardo Davi Geraldo
 
Matthias Brombach
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Niemcy
niderlandzki > niemiecki
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Six things Nov 30, 2021

6. Gain some KudoZ points here on proz in your language combination and in your field(s) of expertise (most essential feature of this site).

[Bearbeitet am 2021-11-30 14:51 GMT]

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Samuel Murray
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Holandia
Local time: 00:54
Członek ProZ.com
od 2006
angielski > afrikaans
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Both Nov 30, 2021

Eduardo Davi Geraldo wrote:
What is the best way to reach translator opportunities? By filling out the web pages of translation companies or by sending an email asking if they need a translator?

If they have a form, fill it in. If not, reach out to them.

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Eduardo Davi Geraldo
 
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Forms Nov 30, 2021

Matthias Brombach wrote:
4. Despite the crisis in Brazil, you should attend to as many translator powwows as you can.

Lol.

If an agency doesn’t have a form online, they will doubtless send you one when you reach out to them.

You will then go to the bottom of a big pile and sit there forever.

If you can meet people face to face you will jump the queue.
 
Michael Newton
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USA
Local time: 18:54
japoński > angielski
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Application! Dec 1, 2021

The greater the "papyrology", i.e., the more forms you have to fill in, the lesser the chance you will get any business from an agency. Usually the PM is just collecting CVs. Your "onboarding" forms will most likely languish in an agency's database for centuries.

Tom in London
Matthias Brombach
Jorge Payan
Philip Lees
Erwin van Wouw
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Wielka Brytania
Local time: 23:54
włoski > angielski
Long arms Dec 1, 2021

I wouldn't recommend reaching out to any agency; it might be far away and you'd need incredibly long arms.

You could just contact them.

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Jorge Payan
Philip Lees
 


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