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Freelance Life

My Manga Translation Process

My Manga Translation Process

I’ve been thinking a lot about how people go about translating lately. Everyone’s different, we all find our own ways to approach translation. Not just how we translate something but how we translate it; the process from being given a

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Jennifer ODonnell March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Freelance Life, Manga Translation No Comments Read more

How To Turn Down a Translation Job

How To Turn Down a Translation Job

Earlier this year a friend said something along the lines of; “I’m too busy to take this translation job, but I don’t want to say “no” in case they never want to hire me again.” Obviously this friend is amazing

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Jennifer ODonnell May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 Advice, Freelance Life, Translation Business No Comments Read more

Anime Expo 2018 – All Work, (Mostly) No Play

Anime Expo 2018 – All Work, (Mostly) No Play

I attended Anime Expo in LA from July 4th to 8th. It was a very busy week. I met a lot of translators, industry people, heard lots of exciting news and even interpreted! I wrote a separate article about my

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Jennifer ODonnell July 10, 2018July 23, 2018 Freelance Life, Interpreting No Comments Read more

Read Well to Translate Well

Read Well to Translate Well

Translators are constantly honing their skills. Both in their source and target languages. As such, it is important for any translator to read a lot. Reading can expose us to new ways of thinking, new information, new language in multiple

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Jennifer ODonnell April 29, 2018April 29, 2018 Freelance Life, Literary Translation No Comments Read more

New Year Goals 2017

New Year Goals 2017

I really believe new years resolutions can be a great thing to drive people to self improvement. Not in a “New Year, New Me!” kind of way. That’s silly. I don’t want to be “new” I want to be “me”,

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Jennifer ODonnell January 18, 2017 Freelance Life 1 Comment Read more

User Experience for Freelance Translators

User Experience for Freelance Translators

Have you ever had an experience with a company that has stuck with you forever? Have you made a simple inquiry only to get a non-professional, badly written, or rude response? Or no response at all? How did that experience leave

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Jennifer ODonnell August 26, 2016November 8, 2017 Advice, Freelance Life, Localization, Translation Business No Comments Read more

Freelancers Should Play PokemonGO

Freelancers Should Play PokemonGO

Whether you’re a Poke-fan or not, as a freelancer you should probably try out PokemonGO. As a freelancer who works from home you’ll probably find yourself rooted to the same spot with little reason to go outside or much chance

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Jennifer ODonnell July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Freelance Life No Comments Read more
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