Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Voting started

Go there and vote for Translator Power! Thank you very much The voting phase starts today, May 12th, and ends on May 24th. Winners will be announced May 28th. Thanks a lot for supporting Translator Power! A.M. Sall

“Twitter in FIGS Through Crowdsourced Translation”

From “Global Watchtower”: Twitter is going to make its site available in French, Italian, German, and Spanish (collectively known in the language services industry as “FIGS“ What do you think? Are you going to volunteer? A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the [...]

Ingratitude!

Remember the “Decimation” post here, back in May 2007? Now take a look at this terrible tale of ingratitude from Matthew Bennett‘s blog. What do you think of the way Britain treats our colleagues? A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the book [...]

“How To Break into the Translation Industry”

Here is a great article from the “Translation and Interpretation Blog” . Just check it out and remember to download the PDF! Very interesting Enjoy! A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the book no translator/interpreter in his/her right mind should even think [...]

A Freelance Translator’s Recession Survival Kit

Image via Wikipedia Here is a guest post from our good friend Ofer Tirosh over at Tomedes *** A freelance translator’s recession survival kit The economy is down big time, and it seems that survival would be bleak for quite some time to come. Almost everybody has been affected by this ongoing financial crisis and [...]

“Linguistically-aware Leadership”

Image via Wikipedia Remember my post on Obama and more translation work? Commonsense Advisory’s Global Watchtower blog’s latest issue brings us a post titled “Early Signs of Linguistically-Aware Leadership“ There is a good attempt to answer the question: “How will the change in administration affect the language sector?” Enjoy! A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download [...]

“50 Things Your Customers Wish You Knew”

Cover of Post Awesome blog post by Sonia Simone (Remarkable  Communication. Please go there and sign up, at least for email updates). Read and “internalize” (one of my friends’ favorite words!). Once you’ve read and internalized it, you won’t need any more marketing lessons or books, including my own “Insider Guide” Enjoy, and tell us [...]

Localisation is more than a Game for some Eastern Industries…

Image via Wikipedia Here a is a guest post I just received from my friends at Lingo24, which as you know, is one of my favorite Translation Agencies. (Note that I haven’t changed the original British spelling, I hope you don’t mind, it’s still English . Read the post and tell us what you think. [...]

“Economic crisis? Some LSPs ask ‘What crisis?’”

In its latest post, the Global Watchtower blog explains why “Companies frequently mention growth rates ranging from 20 to 40 percent over the past year…” So it seems some LSPs (Language Service Providers) are not really suffering from the economic and financial crisis! Check out this blog post and you’ll know why. A.M.Sall P.S. Click [...]

“Obama’s Election Means … More Translation Work!”

Image via Wikipedia Believe it or not Barack Obama‘s election as President of the USA means more work for translators/interpreters! This is not based on any Harvard study, or AMA research, or high-falutin’ statistics. It’s simple, commonsense, down-to-earth KLT marketing. As we all know, (or should know) people usually prefer to buy from those they [...]

Want to guest-blog?

Too much work, really – both translating and consulting. Do you want to guestblog for Translator Power? Drop me a line at Amsall (Please put “TP guest blog” in the “Subject line”) Anything goes, as long as it’s (closely or even remotely ) related to the Translation/localization profession and industry. A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to [...]

Interesting comments!

Image via Wikipedia Two posts that were written a long time ago have just received very interesting comments. Check them out here and here. Have a cool weekend! A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the book no translator/interpreter in his/her right mind [...]

Top 25 Translation Companies

Image via Wikipedia Commonsense Advisory has just published its Annual “Ranking of Top 20 Translation Companies“. As you will note, this time they choose to rank the Top 25 instead of the Top 20 because, as they say: “Solid growth in the translation, localization, and internationalization space led us to expand our list this year [...]

Translator Experience Day – Glenn Cain

As they say in Swahili “Ahadi ni deni”: “A promise is a debt” or if you prefer French “Chose promise, chose due”. Here is the interview I promised. Glenn Cain is a truly experienced translator. Before founding The Yndigo Translation Agency, he held various positions in the profession, including Head of the Legal Translation Services [...]

Hello :-)

Hello, I’m back. And it’s been a long, long time! I’ve been extremely, terriby busy doing… guess what, simply translating! Well that’s my job, after all. And this reminds me of a post I did some time ago. Now, here’s a promise to you: one of these days, very soon, I’ll bring you an interview [...]

Continued Stability in US $12 Billion-plus Translation Industry

Image via Wikipedia The dollar is falling, but globalization presses on – with an increased demand for translation. read more | digg story A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the book no translator/interpreter in his/her right mind should even think of going [...]

Translation Industry News

Image via Wikipedia A very interesting article on the translation industry. I particularly liked this bit: “It’s a good business these days with everything going global,” explains Lori Ann Elzerman, founder of Expert Language Services in Rochester Hills (Michigan, USA). “With the slowdown of the U.S. economy, companies are trying to sell their products abroad.” [...]

The Insider Guide – Recommendation

Image via Wikipedia If you still need a recommendation to get “The Insider Guide to the Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, just check out English/German and Italian/German translator Elisabeth Hippe-Heisler’s blog Have a cool weekend! A.M.Sall P.S. Click here to download your copy of “The Insider Guide to The Strategic Marketing of Translation Services“, the [...]

How to Sell Overseas

Image by ~Terrie K ~ via Flickr Do you remember this Translator Power post and this one, and also this one? Now, check out this article in Business Weekk to confirm all that and act consequently: “If you aren’t selling abroad, it’s time. We don’t have to tell you that the U.S. economy is struggling. [...]

Research Sources for Writers: A Guide to Backing up Your Words

Here is an incredibly useful article by Clay Collins: you can go much deeper and further than Google in your research for an article you’re writing, a post, a book… or just for the love of knowledge! It’s called Open Access. And it’s free Join the Open Access Movement When you read the post, make [...]