Blog Posts Published🗒️

In this segment, you will read my blog posts published in other organizations about my experiences and stories related to the professional translation journey. I hope you like the short stories and life stories about not getting scammed, raising your rates, and being persistent until achieving your goals. I hope these blog posts help you a lot!

Short Stories

The Story About Becoming that Professional Translator you Dream of. On a bright day, Pedro, who is a translator, was dealing with many dilemmas in his life. One of his thoughts was about how to get new clients. He knows very well that when he works alone, he has to be strategic and really creative to find opportunities out there.The next day, he started to subscribe to new courses and freelancing websites, listening to podcasts and watching YouTube videos made by experts in the industry. He thought it was going to be really difficult to implement all of these su

The Story of a Business Owner who Realized How Important Translators AreOne day, there was a business owner looking for a translator to edit his educational products to learn Spanish.This person had doubts about hiring a translator for this job, he thought that he could do it by himself. After thinking twice, he decided to give an opportunity to a language professional.He met María, who is a successful translator that translates from English into Spanish. Then, the business owner asked María what the benefit of hiring her for his business was, while he was convinced

A Tale of Collaborative and Valuable TeamworkOne day, a woman from Texas decided to write a book for children. She realized her culture is very rich, where you can find Spanish and English speakers in the same place. So, she thought that she needed to write a bilingual book.Even though she had a great idea, she was not good at Spanish at all. So, she decided to hire a translator in person from a Hispanic country. Unfortunately, she got injured, and she couldn't move. So she then tried to use an app on her phone to hire someone. Finally, he

The Story About The Prize For Working HardOn a summer day, Laura, a lovely 30-year-old woman, was translating many projects into French and was overwhelmed because she had to finish a lot of work by the end of the month. Many weeks ago, she was working so hard to get more projects, subscribing to freelancing websites, and getting new contacts by recommendation from direct clients who were satisfied with her work. After a while, she realized that she needed to reject some projects to have more time for herself. She knew that exercising,

Personal Work Experiences

Raising Your Rates: Making Your Services more valuable and desirableIf you are a freelancer like me, charging the best rate for your work is probably very difficult. When I started to work as a Spanish tutor, my rate was the minimum, because I honestly compared myself with other freelancers who offered low rates for their job. I also had no experience and was working in a profession with no certificate or degree. So, I started to suffer from something called impostor syndrome, which had a big impact on my rate because it made me doubt myself as a language traine

How to Avoid Scammers and Find Valuable Clients.When I started working as a freelancer in 2022, I created accounts on Fiverr and Upwork. They looked awesome to start earning some money. But, I could not find many jobs at that time. It took me 2 months to get my first job, and it was a little one. Honestly, I could accept any job at that point because I really wanted to work. One day, I got a notification to translate a book from scratch. I noticed that the book was from McGraw Hill Education. If you were a college student like I was, you woul

My Experience Volunteering For Wiki Project Med (Part 1)Proz Pro Bono supports many non-profit organizations around the world. One of them is the Wiki Project Med Foundation, which has the goal to make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice, both online and off. So, it is designed for those who are facing any health issues and want to understand more about their medical condition beyond consulting a do

My hope As a Translator in the AI EraListen to "My Hope as a Translator in the AI era" post here.Despite the growth of artificial intelligence, I have found that there are points that make my work as a translator fundamental and irreplaceable. So, this is an invitation to inspire all translators to recognize the great value and support that they are giving to the world today. And I am also saying “today” because it is the best way to face the real challenges and not the unrealistic, pessimist future events that make us powerless. T

An Example of Scams.There are many examples of scams nowadays, and I want to show you one of these cases. I got this message from a scammer recently. He did not ask me any questions; he just said "Hello" and sent me a document without much information. You could also read in the document that you just have to get in touch with the person on Telegram or email to get more details. As you can see, this message and document sound suspicious because they do not have further information, such as a profile picture and a r

My Experience Volunteering for Wiki Project Med (Part 2)Wiki Project Med is one of the clients of ProZ Pro Bono, which helps people get access to accurate medical information, online or offline, by publishing and translating medical articles on Wikipedia. In addition to working as a volunteer, I was curious about the members of the organization, how they work, and which projects they are working on, so I decided to ask one of the members, Lucas, if he would answer those questions.He mentioned that the staff at the Wiki Project Med Foundation are volu

Benefits of Hiring a Human TranslatorAs a language service provider for over 3 years now, I have learned some important reasons for hiring human translation services. This could sound redundant to many of you, but it is always good to share why our profession is so important and how much value we add to each product and service, thanks to our experience and passion for languages.The first reason to hire a human translator is the importance that we give to accuracy. In other words, we try to make sure that the text makes sense for r

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