BECOMING A FREELANCER IN 2024 (4 Tips, Freelance Translator)

In this video, I'm sharing a few tips on how to properly prepare if you want to become a freelancer in 2022 :)

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[dariawanderlust]

Thank you for such a detailed road map. It does seem hectic when you just starting out.

[Freelanceverse]

Thanks for watching everyone! :) When will you start your journey?

[valeriechriste]

Thanks for this complete list of tips 😀
As for myself, I've just completed another translation internship and am now diving entirely into the freelance world in Switzerland. I've just received my official status as freelancer and will start next week working on a big translation job that will occupy me during December and January, and I'll also be working with the Swiss Confederation in the year 2022. So plans and perspectives are looking good, at least for a start, and I'm really looking forward to developing my skills and business 😁 Hopefully your channel will give me many useful tips !

[vn]

Thank you for the video! 🙂 Really helpful! Please do a video about registering and taxes has a freelancer. I am also in The Netherlands and have been pondering doing freelancing translations here and would be helpful to hear the insight of what to expect from a perspective of someone that has already been through this process! 🙏🙂

[aidanhoneyman]

the hero we all need but the hero we don't deserve 🙌

[TR-quty]

It's very comforting watching this video after having completed all those steps more than a year ago. It was the best decision in my life to start freelancing - I love the freedom and I never want to be an employee again. Also, I had quite a lot of luck. I don't have a business background but everything went perfectly smooth. Also because I translate from 5 source languages. Thanks for you videos 😊

[morganschmidtke]

You are so thorough and give such a great picture of what it is like to be in your industry. As I look into options for myself, this has been gold! Thank you!!

[suziewithers]

Another great video! As someone who has only started out in the last couple of years, there is some really valuable advice in here for people about to embark on their journey. Hope you're feeling better!

[poojabahl]

I WATCHED IT NOW IN 2024 BUT I FEEL THE ADVICES STILL APPLICABLE.

[norahkhader]

I'm really enjoying watching your videos

[biancagraszl]

Thanks to you and your advice I feel very confident that I will succeed in my freelance career. I am planning on registering in January, and I am currently working on my portfolio, while offering volunteer translations in order to gain more experience. Thank you for helping us, the freelance beginners!

[dogonkomlan]

Merci beaucoup pour tous tes conseils, t'es le meilleur :)

[felipemaldonadoguzman]

I really like your videos thank's a million your amazing advice.

[callmesab]

Your video is so interesting. Since last year, I've decided to become a technical translator and I'm actually following a (French) Licence d'anglais métiers de la traduction and this year should be my last one. If everything goes well, in june next year, I should start as a freelance but I'm so afraid. I don't really know where to start.

[giorgiadibono]

Please make a video about your personal experience as a translator in the Netherlands! It would be incredibly useful 😃

[almonu]

Oh my God, Adrian, your videos touch me so much, I've passed the last following days looking for it. Sometimes I want to give up the freelance translation job because I don't find my count on it But your videos motivate me. But when I'm on a field it's another things, it's not that I don't have clients, I have it, I work with some agencies but they don't provide jobs, I don't know why. I sometimes tell to myself that there's no anymore job in translation because of AI . you know, maybe agencies themselves use AI to gain more and delete the work of translators(linguist), that's why I'm so intrigued to see people like you who live with translation online... Big up to you Adrian, but my question for you will be, ... Please how can I do so that the agencies remember about me?
How to know if there's a job, because you know, you can't chase something that you don't see.
Thank you very much Adrian and best regards.

[coolpersonwithcake]

I'd love a video on how to register as a freelancer!!

[elinevedder]

Hi Adrian, thanks for all your videos and your channel, it's really helping me with getting into the freelance translation world.
I am working on a Mac but notice that many programs only work on a Mac, like MemoQ. What's your experience with working on a Mac vs. Windows software?

Thank you 😊

[becaboo]

Hi, thanks for the content. I was wondering, have you got a price letter that you send over with your cv or do you negotiate prices ? I have always negotiated, but I can't help but thinking it would be more professional to have a letter when negotiating? Any thoughts please. Thank you

[Dallas]

Wow, you've given me so much to think about! What did you say your language combination was?