Management for all

Trello for translators: how it helps me get more organized and productive

10th August 2017 Nancy Matis Management for all

Trello is a free tool that helps you see what needs to be done and organize collaboration on projects. Learn how it can be useful

How to deal with questions during a translation project

13th December 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

It is never easy to ask questions. As professionals, we might fear that people reading our questions think we should have known, or found, the

Les facteurs de risques dans la gestion de projet

22nd November 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

J’ai pu voir lors de mon stage dans le cadre de la deuxième année du master TSM, que les risques émergent de toutes parts dans

Translating as risk management

24th August 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Risk analysis can be applied to translation in several ways. One application concerns the specificity of translation, where risk is primarily the probability of the

Technique Pomodoro : quelques tomates par jour, en forme toujours

22nd August 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

La technique Pomodoro : l’arme de dégustation massive qui va t’aider à digérer des tonnes de tâches. Petit résumé de la technique, menu, et conseils

Busy vs. productive: Finding your productivity nirvana | Looking-Glass Translations

18th August 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Business shouldn’t be busy: Marie Jackson discusses the importance of efficiency over activity and reveals how to find your productivity nirvana.

Finance Tips for Freelance Translators Part II

30th May 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Welcome back to my series on Finance Tips for Freelance Translators! Today I’d like to address a commonplace part of our profession: invoices. As a

Jobs Traveling In Style

26th May 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Organizing quality control on a large translation project with only 10% of the translation budget is a real challenge, especially if the customer expects 100%

How to get paid on time as a freelancer

19th April 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Learn how to minimise your business risks, and make sure you get paid on time. In a freelance setting, getting paid on time is often

The One Crucial Thing You’re Forgetting When Handling Mistakes

18th April 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

We are all people, and mistakes happen. Sometimes we, as translators or interpreters, are the ones at fault. Perhaps we didn’t catch a typo or

Why Standards Are Not the Norm in the Language Industry

10th March 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

Anyone working in translation for the last 10 years will tell you: translation is big business, a practice at the beating heart of a robust

Keeping client statistics: how organised are you?

2nd March 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

If the last statistics you ever came across involved the Poisson distribution at school, you may well be forgiven for running a mile from keeping

Using Cloud Solutions for Translation: Yes or No?

9th February 2016 Nancy Matis Management for all

We read about the benefits of using the cloud for work—using cloud applications and storage, for example. What we don’t see are warnings of the

Purchase Order Checklist

13th November 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Towards the end of September I blogged about my ideal purchase order and asked readers for your opinion. I was worried that the form might

Traducteurs : To CRM ou not to CRM ?

22nd October 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Tout d’abord, c’est quoi un CRM ? En anglais CRM signifie « Customer Relationship Management ». Il s’agit d’un logiciel qui vous permet de gérer

Les CGV : bouée de sauvetage du traducteur

6th October 2015 Marie Boussignac Management for all

“Trust but verify”, proverbe de prédilection de Ronald Reagan pendant la guerre froide, s’applique tout particulièrement au monde de l’entreprise. Lorsque vous travaillez avec un

Ssh – confidentiality issues for freelance translators

17th September 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

CONFIDENTIALITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEGAL MINEFIELD FOR BOTH FREELANCERS AND FOR OUR CLIENTS. Our clients (both corporate and non-corporate) continually attempt to impose Non-Disclosure

L’assurance professionnelle : pouvez-vous vous en passer ?

7th September 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Puisque certaines professions imposent d’être assuré pour les exercer (soignants, métiers du bâtiment, etc.), de nombreux traducteurs s’interrogent sur leurs propres obligations au moment de

Conditions générales de services pour les traducteurs

3rd September 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Disposer de ses propres conditions générales peut être un excellent moyen de présenter ses services à des clients potentiels tout en s’assurant que le projet

The Main Steps of a Translation Project

24th August 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

When I introduce students to Translation Project Management, I usually display an illustration showing the main steps involved in a translation project. Regardless of the

Managing Stress

4th August 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Create Calm in Your Career Many of us experience stress in life, whether this is in the short term from one-off projects, or long-term stress

The Process of Translation

20th July 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

I created my first infographic to illustrate the Process of translation as simply and clearly as possible. (Available in several languages)

Ten tips for increasing productivity

5th June 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

Here are ten tips that have helped me improve my productivity and which I’m happy to share: Adopt a “tabla resa” approach. Clear out your

Managing projects: tips for freelance translators

4th June 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

When you decide to be a freelance translator it is probably because you feel that you translate well, you have a good language knowledge and

Credit notes for translation projects

1st June 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

2-part article. Translation companies, translators or any other participant in a translation project might find that they have to issue credit notes. Most of the

Création de base de données de clients

11th May 2015 Nancy Matis Management for all

J’aimerais parler aujourd’hui de l’importance d’avoir une base de données pour vos clients. Au début, comme on a peu de clients, il est facile de