Jul 4, 2018

Freelance Translating??

Do any of you guys freelance translate? I am looking for some tips to get started. Thank you!!

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ReishiiTravels

Teacher, Traveler, Dancer -
Currently living in Gifu -
I love Japan, dance, cats, food, and fashion!

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helloalissa

on Jul 5

The Blog "ALT Insider" has a great article on how to get into translating or checking English texts. James has been freelancing full time for a while now.

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Eli

on Jul 4

This is not specific to Japan but I would start by getting a profile at proZ and translators cafe. Having your own business card might be helpful as well.

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JapanRamen

on Jul 18

I saw a website called gengo.com. The pay isn't that good (from what I was told), but can be a place to start.

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Kohaku

on Nov 1

Be careful of scams though! I recently have been getting some suspicious "translation requests" by email. It's suspicious because I haven't registered as a translator of any sort anywhere on the Internet. They'll ask for the usual scam stuff "in order to pay you," like your bank account info, address, etc.

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