Source 2 Target

This episode, we're talking all things project management, primarily from an outsourcer's perspective, and we're joined by two excellent guests – Ryan Bury and Olivia Cockburn – to do just that.

Guests:

Ryan Bury Translator, project manager and team leader with over a decade of experience in the UK language services industry, now pursuing new opportunities in Montreal, Canada. LinkedIn

Olivia Cockburn Olivia is a translator of Spanish, Latin and Portuguese into English and she has run a London-based translation business for the past 13 years. She is a full member of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (MITI), a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (MCIL) and a Chartered Linguist (CL). She is also an Associate Professor of Translation and Historical Linguistics at the UCL Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS). LinkedIn / Website

Hosts:

David Stockings LinkedIn / Website

Nick Nicou LinkedIn

Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website

You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on [email protected].

Business planning is something that many freelance translators – especially new ones – find intimidating. Fortunately we are joined in this episode by Susie Jackson, a freelance translator and business mentor, to talk it all through.

Guest:

Susie Jackson

Susie is a finance and pricing mentor to freelancers, helping them to figure out how much they should be charging and how to manage the financial side of their business so they can earn a decent living doing what they love. She also works freelance as a copy editor and Spanish-to-English translator specialising in academic texts for the social sciences. Instagram / LinkedIn / Website / Free resources

Hosts:

David Stockings LinkedIn / Website

Nick Nicou LinkedIn

Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website

You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on [email protected].

What were the key takeaways in the translation and interpreting world in 2024? And what should we be focussing on as a profession as we head into the new year? We're joined by two members of the Board of Translation and Interpreting to talk about these massive questions.

Guests:

Sara Robertson FRSA FIIC

Sara trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art where she specialised in historic building conservation. She arrived at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) in 2023 having spent 20 years working in various training, policy and leadership roles in the historic environment sector. Although not a linguist herself Sara is a skilled communicator and a passionate advocate for professionalism. LinkedIn / Website

Nicki Bone

Nicki graduated with an Honours Degree in Modern Languages from Coventry Polytechnic (now University) and then spent over 20 years working in international sales and marketing before becoming a freelance translator in 2013. She is a Qualified Member of ITI (FR>EN, DE>EN) and Chair of the ITI Board. Her specialist areas of translation include architecture, automotive and jewellery & watchmaking, with a particular emphasis on sustainability in those sectors. LinkedIn / Website

Hosts:

David Stockings LinkedIn / Website

Nick Nicou LinkedIn

Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website

You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on [email protected].

Jacqueline Ball, German-English subtitler extraordinaire, joins us for our final profile of the season. How did Jacqueline get into subtitling and why does she love it so much? And what steps should you take if you also want to get into subtitling?

Guest Jacqueline Ball https://about.me/jacqueline_ball https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinesball/

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Prof Lynne Bowker joins us to talk about the important working being done in the Machine Translation Literacy Project. Translators are not the only users of MT - in fact, we're probably not even the main users. So what do non-translator users of MT understand about the technology? How do they use it? And why does this matter to us as translators? Guest Prof Lynne Bowker https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/415 Machine Translation Literacy Project https://sites.google.com/view/machinetranslationliteracy/?pli=1 https://twitter.com/LiteracyMachine You can find Prof Bowker's new book De-mystifying Translation: Introducing Translation to Non-translators here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003217718/de-mystifying-translation-lynne-bowker We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.

Part 2 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This time, we're focusing on MT and how technology has changed the way we work, particularly how we research our translations.

Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will very likely come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode.

Guest Daniela Ford https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-languages-culture/people/daniela-ford

We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.

Part 1 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This first part we mainly talk about CAT tools - what they are, how they work and what benefits they can bring. Part 2 to follow next week.

Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will in all likelihood come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode.

Guest Daniela Ford https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-languages-culture/people/daniela-ford

We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.

This episode we have another of our profiles of working language professionals, this time with Janet Wolckenhaar. It's a fascinating conversation that proves just how many opportunities really are out there in the language profession if you look properly. Guest Janet Wolckenhaar https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetwolckenhaar/ https://www.ciol.org.uk/member-check/profile/54249/17924 We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.

Continuing with the question of specialisation, our guest this episode is Sarah Silva, also known as The Chemical Translator. How did she combine her love of chemistry and language? And just how niche should you go? Do you risk putting limitations on yourself by specialising too narrowly? (Spoiler alert: no.)

Guest Sarah Silva https://chemicaltranslator.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahsilvatranslator/ https://www.instagram.com/sarah_translates/ @ChemicalTrans on Twitter www.BusinessTranslated.com - here you can sign up to my weekly email with tips on marketing your translation business.

We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.

We're back! And we're joined by Fiona Gray (of Grayscale Translations) to talk all things specialisation: What does she specialise in? How did she get into it? How does she communicate her specialisation? And do you even need to specialise?

Guest Website: www.grayscaletranslations.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-gray/ Twitter: @GrayscaleTR Instagram: @grayscaletranslations

We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on by email ([email protected]) or by searching for us on LinkedIn.