5 easy productivity tips for translators
5 small but hugely effective productivity tips that will save you time and energy whenever you are overloaded with work.
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Where and how to translate your wedding documents
Translating the certificates for your wedding Congratulations! You are just about to exchange vows and officially say “I Do” to the love of your life. Planning a beach wedding, a traditional church service or a town hall affair? Whatever the ceremony type you opt for, you will need certain documents translated if you are…
10 Truths That Coffee Taught Me About Business
I’m sure some of you might know by now how obsessed I am with (good) coffee. I am, as my Instagram handle says “a girl on caffeine”. After all I named my interview with language professional series Cappuccino Books. Since I spend so much time choosing and preparing my favorite drink, I sometimes think about business…
How to keep track of your business accounts as a freelance business owner
If there are 2 things that are certain in life, these are death and taxes. And while we cannot avoid the first, we can at least try to do our best to pay as less of the latter!
I designed a planner! And you can have it, too!
Get an idea on my etsy page: My Life Notes Planner It is a weekly planner, or diary, or journal, whatever you would like to call it ? It helps you organize your life, your thoughts and it helps you get your inspiration back with quotes from famous authors and the wise internet ? How dit it all…
How your 9-5 has prepared you to be your own boss
In the age of start-ups and entrepreneurship being your own boss is the new goal for many people. However, it is not as easy as it sounds and a lot of you are hesitant to do the leap and go from a stable employment to the insecurity of running your own business. The good news…
How to make your own blog in 5 steps
I can’t stop saying how much I love blogging! If you are reading your favorite blogs and would like to have your own but don’t know where to start I’m here to tell you its easier than you think! I’ll give you some basic steps and I promise that it gets easier the more you work on…
Summer Essentials for Translators
Deadlines Because you know you can’t work if everyone is on the beach and you keep dreaming of mojitos and tan lines. NOTHING MAKES ME MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE LAST MINUTE is probably my summer mantra and I’m not ashamed of it! I need to be super focused to work! 2. Coffee To wake up…
The not-so-fab side of freelancing
Have you ever thought of quitting your desk job in the dreams of creating a mobile career where you would be able to work from anywhere in the world? So have I! And I’m telling you most of the time its fabulous and lives up to the expectations. But there are almost equal times when…
Are you ready to go freelance?
June 9 was National Freelancer’s day in the UK and even though we don’t celebrate it in Greece I was planning to take some time off to look into some CPD and translator training courses as well as ponder about some changes I want to make in my translation agency. However, and brilliantly illustrating the fact that a freelancer…
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