Starting your translator's career

You will need to prepare properly for your successful translators career start. The main points which you should focus on are the following:


- Everyday Tools (technology - what will you need initially)
- CAT-Tools (what you will really need, what is offered free of charge)
- Promotion (how, where and how much will it cost you)
- Potential customers (translation agencies, companies, direct clients)
- Price policy (do’s and don’ts)
- Experience (how to obtain experience being a freelancer)
- Differentiation in the market (what makes you stand out from the others)

Price: 15.00 USD

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 Irene Koukia    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Irene Koukia was born in Germany. She obtained the Travel and Tourism Consultant Diploma from IATA/UFTAA in 1992 and successfully completed the One-year translator training program at meta|φραση School of Translator Training in 2010. She also obtained a diploma as a Personal & Business Coach from ILS GmbH in April 2015, and she is studying Business Administration at the Hellenic Open University. She is working as a Technical Translator, mainly from German/English to Greek, at her own company, Metafrasma Ltd, since 2008. She also works as a Trainer for ProZ.com since 2011, and as a Tutor for meta|φραση School of Translator Training since 2015. She is the National Representative of STEMG for Greece, following the nomination by the HASDIG, providing training and certification for ASD-STE100.