Community of Practice

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Sarah Griffin-Mason is a lecturer in Translation Studies, a freelance translator, editor and educator, and Vice Chair of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. She has more than 20 years of translation and editing experience, both in-house and freelance, and recently took up a ... read more

The art of boosting sales as a freelance translator - A perspective from a SMARTIDIOM’s project manager

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With a Degree in Administrative Assistance and Translation, followed by a Masters Study in Specialized Translation and Interpreting at ISCAP, Porto, Tiago became a professional freelance translator in 2009.

From then on, he got to know some of the different roles played by a ... read more

The Translator/ Interpreter as Entrepreneur – how to be enterprising!

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Sue Leschen is a lawyer – linguist and the Director of Avocate a niche market legal and commercial French interpreting and translation company based in Manchester, UK.

Avocate is also an independent provider of professional conduct, legal terminology and business ... read more

A freelancer as a team member: the translation project life cycle

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Susana Valdez – author of the blog O Tradutor - is a Scientific and Technical Translator (since 2004), an Invited Professor at FCSH-Univ. Nova and a Translation Studies researcher at ULICES. She holds two Postgraduate courses, one in Translation Studies (FLUL) and another in Terminology ... read more