This week it's all about direct clients vs agencies. Is there an ideal balance between working for direct clients and agencies? Do you actively manage this balance when it comes to taking on projects, or is it a case of first come, first served? Do you have different strategies for cultivating contacts and following up leads with direct vs agency clients?
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Working Lunch: Impostor syndrome and overcoming self-doubt
Join NWTN Events Team Leader Kate Lo and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc.
This week we'll be chatting about 'impostor syndrome' in a professional environment. According to this article by Time
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Working Lunch: Ethics in translation – what makes you “qualified”?
Join NWTN Member and University of Manchester lecturer Dr Anna Strowe for an informal chat online via Zoom. In a break from our usual format, where we discuss the practical elements of translation, interpreting and running a business, this week we'll be taking a more theoretical approach and looking at ethics in translation.
The recent debate over the choice of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (and
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Working Lunch: One year on – personal and professional development in lockdown
Next week will mark the one-year anniversary of the first UK lockdown on 23 March. In this week's Working Lunch we want to chat about how you've found the last year in terms of personal or professional developments. Did you start a new hobby in lockdown, or did you just find more time for your existing ones? Is there anything that the global slowdown has made you realise or thankful for? Maybe
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Working Lunch: All singing, all dancing – diversifying services
Join NWTN Events Team Member Katell Sevellec and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc.
This week we'll be talking about diversifying our businesses and other services or jobs besides translating or
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Working Lunch: World Book Day – Celebrating books in translation
** Please note that this event will now start at 1.30pm **
With World Book Day on Thursday 4 March, we'll be celebrating all things literary this week and talking about books in translation. Do you translate fiction or non-fiction books? If not, have you ever considered it? Perhaps you're intrigued by what it entails? What resources and events are there to support translators wanting to
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Working Lunch: NWTN profile spring clean
Join NWTN Chair Laurence Bisot and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc.
This week we'll be talking about sprucing up and making the most of our NWTN online profiles. Being a member of the NWTN
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Working Lunch: Social media for translators and interpreters
This week we're talking about social media. Do you use social media as a marketing tool for your translating/interpreting business? Which are your preferred platforms and why? How do you keep up with the fast pace of certain platforms while running the rest of your business? Do you use different ones for different purposes, such as keeping up with industry news, researching potential clients or
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Working Lunch: Time is money – maximising productivity and using time wisely
This week it's all about time and efficiency. Do you have any handy tricks for increasing productivity or translation speed? Have you learnt how to type faster or do you use speech recognition software? Perhaps you have mastered the art of focusing effectively by arranging your office in a particular way, dividing your time into blocks or simply treating yourself after a highly productive period
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Working Lunch: Communicating with clients – best practices and pitfalls
Join NWTN Events Team member Katell and colleagues for an informal chat online via Zoom. For one hour during your lunch break, we'll host a Q&A session that includes discussion regarding tips for productivity, business progression, social media, upcoming CPD events, etc.
This week we'll be chatting about communicating with clients. What are your methods for prospecting and quoting for new
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