Step by Step Instructions for Setting Up a Translation Agency.
This course will help you expand from being a translator to running a full agency. Instead of just relying on one language in order to get business and clients, you can make full use of many languages in order to achieve full potential.
Learn How to Expand into an Agency so that: You can Hire the Translators You can be in Direct Contact with End Clients You can become familiar with being the go-between, and facilitate workflow both ways You can Manage the Projects in a Professional Manner
Content Overview
This course is structured to serve as reference material, so you can go through the whole course in around one week, but, as your agency progresses, you will probably want to go back for refreshers, so to see how various steps can apply to your new situation.
Most of this course will be taught via videos, with some written notes and explanations for those wishing to go further in-depth.
By the end of this course, you will be able to use your knowledge to set up and run your own agency. You will understand what exactly you wish to achieve, how to find translators, how to find clients, and how to maintain the business running with both.
The world is becoming increasingly global, while jobs are less and less secure, and the Internet is, by now, near-universal. Combine all these factors, and you have a perfect storm of opportunity for people who wish to set up their own translation agency!
Don't be limited by the number of hours you can work on a translation, or how much you can get paid per hour/per word! Set up a Translation Agency so You can have other Translators work for You!
Translator / AI Consultant
Robert has been a translator since childhood. He started translating for extra money while in high school, and continued to do so throughout college and graduate school. These days, his clients include banks, corporations, non-profits, consulates, as well as private individuals, and he has been able to expand and set up his own boutique Translation Agency called Lugano Translations, run entirely with Freelancers. His education and background was in finance and fiscal policy, and his translation agency specializes in financial and legal translations. His expertise is in Entrepreneurship and Freelancing, from both the perspective of the "hirer" as well as the "hiree". Robert also has a passion for languages, both for work and just for pleasure.
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