What I was up to in September

12.10.2016 Personal 1

September flew by way too fast. It was mostly filled with reaching out to new clients and working on translations. But although few things went as planned, this month offered a lot of learning opportunities.   Website update   One of the main things on my to-do list for the first month of autumn was working on a major web-site update. As you can see, I haven’t done that.   The reason is quite simple. Once I started working on the update, I saw that the task was too big to get done with it in a month.   However, I have found a perfect tool for rebranding....

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What I was up to in July

05.08.2016 Personal 4

It’s hard to believe that another month has flown by. But it has! It’s August and in today’s post, I’ll share with you what I did in July.   Contrary to how it usually is in July, I didn’t get swamped with work. But I’m not complaining because it gave me a lot of time for sending out proposals to writers. More on that later, and now for some of the projects I got to work on last month:   Linguistic checking for What Three Words, an old direct client Proofreading of the translation for the wellness industry Editing of luxury properties descriptions ...

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What I was up to in June

04.07.2016 Personal 0

It’s that time of the month again. June was probably one of my most productive months since the beginning of the year. It certainly felt that way. That’s also what my RescueTime stats are telling me. And while the month might have been a bit slow in terms of translation work coming in, I did a lot for marketing my services, taking care of my side projects and learning new things and I can’t wait to share it all with you. But first, here are some projects I had the pleasure of working on in June:   Translation of some film...

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What I was up to in May

09.06.2016 Personal 2

Another month has flown by and it’s time for my monthly review. May was nothing like I thought it would be. In the last week of April, I came back from my road trip to Italy and I was sure that May will become a really productive month for me. But while going on vacation right after the BP16 conference was a smart way to avoid post-conference blues, I forgot that there would be the post-vacation one to deal with.   That was one of the reasons why the past month turned out to be the month of taking care of myself, which...

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What I was up to in April

02.05.2016 Personal 0

Today I want to try out something new. I got this idea while reading this post on Nikki Graham’s blog. I think that knowing where you stand is an important part of moving forward, so I decided to make the first Monday of each month a day when I step back and take a look at the events, achievements and lessons of the previous month. So let’s dive right into it!   The main event on my calendar in April was the BP16 Conference in Prague. It was my first event of the kind, so I was very excited about it and...

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Be Good (To Yourself)

26.02.2016 For translators, Personal 0

I had some doubts about writing this post. The thing is it might look like I’m bragging, and no one likes that, right? But over the past couple of weeks I've been communicating with people much more than I usually do and it made me think about all sorts of things one of them being the fact that we all tend to be too hard on ourselves. This is why I decided to take the risk of coming across as a show-off to make an important point: we should give ourselves credit where credit is due.   The other day I was thinking that I must finally...

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What I’m Looking Forward to in 2016

08.01.2016 Personal 4

Since this is the first working week of the year I decided to join millions of people around the world and write my goals for 2016. In this post I will share with you what I want to achieve in terms of my translation business this year.   My goals are firmly grounded in the lessons I learned in 2015. I feel that over the previous year I managed to build a strong base for what I plan to accomplish in 2016. So, here we go!   Productivity and Time Management   Even after 10 years as a freelance translator, I’m still in the process of...

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Looking Back on 2015: 5 Lessons I Have Learned

30.12.2015 Personal 2

The end of the year is a great time to reflect on what’s been accomplished and learned over the past 12 months. For me as a translator 2015 was one of the most important and productive years. Today I’m sharing five important lessons I have learned. This is something I definitely want to keep in mind in the coming year.   Build relationships   I’ve been a freelance translator for my whole career (well, almost). When I was just starting out my Grandmother was worried about how I would endure being alone for my whole working day. There was absolutely nothing to worry about,...

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My Morning Routine: What Helps Me Be More Productive

15.12.2015 Personal 1

I love reading about other people’s routines. I’m always on the lookout for ways to increase my productivity and make more out of my time and articles about someone else’s work processes or daily schedules are often full of useful tips and tricks. So I thought it might be interesting to share the way I organize my time and I decided to start with this post about my morning routine.   Why morning routine? Well, because for me morning is the most important part of the day. The way I spend it has a huge impact on my productivity and well-being throughout...

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