What do you need to become a freelance translator?

There are many advantages to working as a freelance translator. But what resources are needed to even get started?


There are many advantages to working as a freelance translator. But what resources are needed to even get started?

Check out the trials and tribulations of Mox, a fictional freelance translator, in Alejandro Moreno-Ramos’ hilarious translation comics.

Inflation is eating into household income more than it has done since the oil crisis in the late 1970s – is working from home the best solution?

The BBC announced on Wednesday that unemployment in Britain has risen to its highest level since 1994. With nearly a million of those unemployed being young people aged between 16 and 24, including language graduates, could freelance translation work offer one solution?
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