Tips To Make Yourself a More Sought-After Translator

Have you often wondered why some fellow translators are more sought as compared to others?  And are you such translator?

I have the privilege to work with some good translators in my line of work.  Often, I will assign more jobs to those competent and dedicated translators whom I think will do their best to accomplish the job for us.  Let me give you some tips on making yourself to be a better translator.

Tip # 1: Always to double-check on your translation before submit to your clients.  Nothing will frustrates your client more if they found out that certain terms are mis-spelled, not correctly interpreted or inaccurately translated.

Tip # 2:  Be truthful to your client.   Since your client is your pay-master, it is only right that if you made any mistakes in your copy, you should admit to your client before it is published.  Otherwise, you will never hear from them for long, long time.

Tip # 3: Do not miss your deadline if you have already committed to your client.  If due to some unforeseen circumstances that you need to stretch your deadline, do highlight to your client in advance.

Tip #4:  Seek to understand your clients better.   If you have any clarification about the job, it would be good to highlight to them at the beginning.  The client will also appreciate your effort as this shows that you want to submit in a quality job.  Think win-win.

Tip #5.  Always seek for improvement.  Think of ways to be more efficient in your work.  Example keep a glossary list of those common used and translated text, using memory software to assist your translation,  do background research on the articles before starting to translate etc etc.

Tip #6:  Go the extra mile for your client.  At times, be prepared to work harder at a shorter time frame for your client.  They will definitely appreciate your hard effort and reward you accordingly.   This is because you have proven to be dependent on.