Finding and Marketing to Translation Agencies: A Practical Guide for Freelance Translators - Paperback

by Corinne McKay (Author)

Translation agencies are the backbone of many freelance translators' businesses. A good agency can offer you a steady flow of projects, allowing you to translate while the agency handles the non-translation work. But especially in the rapidly-changing landscape of the translation industry, you need to know how to find and market to translation agencies and how to work effectively with them. Finding and Marketing to Translation Agencies walks you through the process of identifying agencies that are worth applying to, making contact, following up, tracking your marketing efforts, and negotiating rates and payment terms. The book includes a bonus chapter, answering real-life questions submitted by readers of the author's blog.

Author Biography

Corinne McKay, CT is an American Translators Association-certified French to English translator. She has worked as a full-time freelancer since 2002, for clients in the international development, corporate communications, and content marketing sectors. She also translates non-fiction books, and her translation of Erhard Loretan and Jean Ammann's Night Naked: A Climber's Autobiography, published by Mountaineers Books, was short-listed for the 2017 Boardman Tasker award for mountain literature. In addition to her own translation work, Corinne has taught classes and written books for other freelance translators since 2005. How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator, her business how-to guide for freelance translators, has sold over 10,000 copies and has become a go-to reference for the translation industry. Her blog, Thoughts on Translation, won the 2016 ProZ.com Community Choice Award for best blog about translation.