Freelance Translating

Anna Cribley

"There was something about the freedom and flexibility of your own schedule, the responsibility for your own translations and learning in addition to the challenge of creating a successful business that always inspired me to become a freelance translator."

Jadwiga Ruchlewska

"A good translator is of course someone who loves languages and likes playing with words, but what I find even more important is that it is someone who likes to listen"

Peter Kahl

"I started out in the localisation department of a software company and went on from there to work as a project manager for a couple of translation providers. After a while I realised, that I enjoyed doing the translations more than asking other people to do it, so I went freelance."

Eva Grunwald

"It was a beautiful challenge to transform 3 pages of tearful, flowery Asian rhetoric into a 1-page sober, matter-of-fact list of charges for a North German policestation.”

Rowena Woolner

"After five years in a high-stress environment I needed a change! I was also desperate to have a dog and doing freelance translation from home seemed to fit the bill as it meant I could use the skills and contacts I had and also look after and enjoy a dog properly!"

Liana Acquaviva

"My linguistic interests have deep roots! While studying, I decided that my professional life would be centered around translation."