How to Start a Translation Agency/How to become a Freelance Translator

How to Start a Translation Agency/How to become a Freelance Translator

INDEX OF TOPICS

VISIT SITE HERE

Early Days, the Roots of My Translation Career

Prague

The Beginning of My Freelance translation Career

Mobile Translation Office: The Trip to Spain

Scrambling Around Malaga with Laptop/Search for Wi-Fi

The London Translation Agency

Cutting back on per-word rates for translations

Summer 2008

Purchase orders and payment terms for translators

Palos Verdes Translation Agency branch

Law firms as translation customers

Life of a translator/Translation agency entrepreneur, when business is slow

Fall 2008

How translators can avoid "Secretarial Spread"

How to start a translation agency and earn $100,000 annually

Payment practices in translation industry

Terminological Resources for translator

Certified translation: Notarized Statement of Accuracy

Translator Horror Story

Translator Resources

Computer choice

Copies of translations/Zip files

U.S.A. IMMIGRATION DOCUMENT TRANSLATIONS

Skype and Blackberry for translation offices

Sending Resumes


Fledgling advertising videos for translation agency

ZTE MF622 USB MODEM

Holiday season for translation industry/Crazy friend and his mobile translation agency

Study materials for translators

FREE SPANISH AND FRENCH TRANSLATION GLOSSARIES

Free Spanish and French-English legal and business, technical glossaries

Free download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/131650602/FRENCH_BIG_GLOSSARY_2008.doc.html

Free Spanish business and legal glossary
Free Spanish business and legal glossary.A large glossary ,compiled by one of our translators of general business and legal terms, to aid in translation of these types of documents.
http://rapidshare.com/files/131650788/GENERAL_SPANISH_GLOSSARY.rtf.html

Goldfinger Theme for London translation service

Youtube London translation service

James Bond Goldfinger theme

Santo & Jonny

Celebrating grand opening of All-Texts London Translation Service

http://theglobalservice.com/

Visit our London Translation Agency blog here:

http://londontrans.blogspot.com/

Translation jobs, Jobs for freelance translators, Translation service

Translation jobs, Jobs for freelance translators, Translation service
London and Los Angeles

http://theglobalservice.com/
http://all-texts.com/

London translation agency jobs

London translation agency jobs

We need translators in the London area.

http://theglobalservice.com/translatorregistration.html

All-Texts Global Translation Service

We've begun work for our new translation agency web site. Managed by Los Angeles owner, yet focusing on the London, UK, and European translation market.

Can be found here: http://theglobalservice.com/

Negotiations have begun for the Italian branch and a London office is in process.

Los Angeles Translation Service Goes Global

Los Angeles Translation Service, http://all-texts.com/, will be opening branch offices in London, South Africa, Australia and Europe over this spring and summer 2008.

Translators will be needed to fill slots in legal certified translation and interpreting posts.

Check out L.A. central office for registration info.

http://all-texts.com/

Our online terminology tools:

ProZ.com Term Search

http://www.proz.com/search/
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IATE (= “Inter-Active Terminology for Europe”) is the EU inter-institutional terminology database. IATE has been used in the EU institutions and agencies since summer 2004 for the collection, dissemination and shared management of EU-specific terminology. The project partners are:
§ European Commission
§ Parliament
§ Council
§ Court of Justice
§ Court of Auditors
§ Economic & Social Committee
§ Committee of the Regions
§ European Central Bank
§ European Investment Bank
§ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU
http://iate.europa.eu/
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WordReference.com
Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary
http://www.wordreference.com/

Certified translation: Notarized Statement of Accuracy

This statement of accuracy is used on all certified translations we issue.

This is a legally-binding document in the U.S.A. for certifed translations

STATEMENT OF ACCURACY

I, (Name of Translator or person fluent in both languages who has proofread text), a qualified translator fluent in French and English working on behalf of (Name of Agency) (address), declare that to the best of my knowledge, the attached document in English is a true and accurate rendering of the attached document in French (....).

Dated:____________

Signed:____________________________
(Name of Translator or person fluent in both languages who has proofread text),

State of California
County of________________

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on this____day of________, 20__, by

__________________________________, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to

be the person(s) who appeared before me.

Signature_______________________________(Seal)

Translation rates

Our general price for professional translations is almost 25% lower than other agencies, dependent upon:
-Target and source language
-Total word count-Degree of technicality of terminology
-Deadlines (i.e., Is this a rush job?)
(Texts of over 10,000 words: rate decreases by $0.05, depending upon type of text.)

Get an estimate now , call Patrick, our project manager, at : Tel: 310 377 8228 Cell: 310 697 9926.
You may also E-mail :webmaster@all-texts.com. E-mail answered everyday.

We generally work at the pace of 2,000 source words per day on each individual project to ensure quality.

If a quick deadline must be met(e.g., 5,000 words per day), and additional translators must work on the project simultaneously, the rate will increase accordingly and also depending upon the difficulty of terminology.

Weekend rates do apply in certain circumstances.

Minimum charge is $70.00 per project.

Certified legal translation: additional $35.00 charge, which includes California State notarization

*For example, the cost of a French>English translation of a basic marketing text of 4,000 words may be at the basic per-word rate(25% less than most agencies), whereas the same text of 50,000 words may be charged $0.05 less than the basic rate, depending on the requested delivery date.

Legal texts with highly specialized terminology: varies from standard rate by $0.05 more or less per word, depending on the requested delivery date. Simple contracts, $0.01 less than basic rate.

The basic rate for an English into German, Russian, or Czech professional translation, for example, varies from standard rate by $0.05 more or less per word, depending upon the difficulty of terminology. German, Russian, or Czech translation into English, at standard 25% discount rate.

General rate for Italian, French, Spanish > English target language: varies within $0.02 of standard discount rate.
If it is a rush translation (24 hours or less)of a 4,000 word document from/to these particular languages, the rate may increase by $0.04-0.08/word

Translation of texts in format other than MSWord(e.g., PDF files, faxed documents) may be charged slightly extra.

*These rates are for information purposes only.

PaymentWithin 14 days from date of invoice. Standard method is direct transfer/wire transfer of funds.Checks accepted from clients in the USA. Bank must be located in the USA if payment is by check.Alternative methods of payment are Paypal/Moneybookers.
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"The Thinker", by Rodin

While setting up the Malaga, Spain branch, the manager of Los Angeles Translation Service, all-texts.com

had some spare time to wander through the Rodin exhibit on Malaga's Calle Larios.

Our Los Angeles translation agency needs interpreters and translators.
We really need certified court interpreters for the State of California.

Apply here
http://all-texts.com/translatorregistration.htm



or send in CV/resume

Interested in translation? Contact us at our website

http://all-texts.com/

New Projects

New projects in 2007 and beginning of 2008 include a 40,000- word document on office Internet network construction specifications and global cellphones. We have translated these documents into Japanese, German, Italian, French, Spanish and Korean.

Other projects are French>English translations of legal documents for the acquisition of campus properties in Switzerland by a Southern Californian private university.

In addition to this , we have been translating a lot of birth certificates, marriage certificates, diplomas, transcripts, and other documents for client's immigration documentation in French and Spanish.

Branching out to Spain, Costa del Sol

PHOTOS : ©2007 ALL-TEXTS.COM

The manager of Los Angeles Translation Service, all-texts.com, recently sojourned in Malaga, Spain for three months.

Photos here are of Malaga from the Alcazaba Moorish fortress, at the fine cafe in front of the Palacio del Obispo, and a narrow street nearby, Calle Granada, Calle Molina Larios.

PHOTOS : ©2007 ALL-TEXTS.COM

While there, he began setting up UK-Iberia, an agency that sends interpreters on assignments on the Costa del Sol.

Propitious interviews with Spanish, European , and American interpreters and translators was part of laying the groundwork for UK-Iberia. Additionally, he conducted meetings with local businessmen.

The manager of all-texts.com Los Angeles Translation Service has as a goal the creation of a network of translation agencies from Los Angeles , California, to Spain and throughout Europe and South America.

PHOTOS : ©2007 ALL-TEXTS.COM

Translation Service in Los Angeles

We are located in Los Angeles, a world multilingual society, a metropolis of languages.

We offer reasonable prices for our services: with rates 25% lower than most big chains in the U.S., Our main languages are French and Spanish, and we also offer translations in other languages such as Germam, Italian, Chinese, and other Asian language
s.
We use highly-qualified translators who produce documents in their native languages for accuracy.

http://all-texts.com/