Episode 52: Answering Questions from Our Listeners

Smart Habits for Translators

This 52nd episode of Smart Habits for Translators marks the second anniversary of our podcast! It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years since we launched Smart Habits for Translators. More than ever, we are grateful to you all, our listeners and colleagues, and it makes us so happy to hear that you enjoy our episodes!

Last year, we celebrated our first “podcastiversary” by recording an “Ask Us Anything” episode, so we’re making it a tradition by doing the same this year! We’ve been gathering questions from our listeners for a while, and we want to thank those of you who wrote to us by email, through our website, and on social media to submit your questions. There were so many of them that we had to group them into several categories to make sure we could answer as many of them as possible.

Listen in to hear our thoughts on:

• What advice we'd give to a beginner translator starting their online business

• How to pick a name for your business and find your first clients

• How to kickstart your online presence, and how to create a website with little experience under your belt

• What we think a freelance translator should aim to achieve in their first year

• How to prioritize when you feel a bit scattered and overwhelmed with all the things you should be doing as a new freelance translator

• Our advice on being a freelance translator and a parent and how to succeed at both

• How to find your community online and connect with colleagues

• What CAT tools and CRM tools we use and how we suggest choosing which tools to invest in

• What some of our "nerdy moments" are in everyday life

• How we develop new podcast episodes, divide responsibilities, choose topics, and if we ever argue over episode content

Resources we mentioned in this episode:

• Our next Virtual Business Retreat

• Madalena’s interview on the Deliberate Freelancer podcast

• Our Facebook group for translator moms

• Asana

• Streak

• HoneyBook

• Eve Bodeux’s Global Reads Book Club

See the full list of links and resources for this episode: https://smarthabitsfortranslators.com/podcast-episodes/52