Tag: freelancing
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Why Can’t I Raise My Rates?*
Many language-service providers work on a freelance basis. They do not have a steady job with steady pay and benefits. Instead, they are constantly hustling, looking for the next client, the next project, the next paycheck. There is a whole host of reasons to explain how the industry got this way, but I’ll leave that…
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Welcome
Welcome, bem-vindo and bienvenido to the Translating Economist, a blog dedicated to parsing the business and economics of the language-service industry. I’m an economist and a certified translator. These two fields are my lifelong passion, and for some time now, I’ve had it in my head to sit down and share my ideas on the…