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tranfree issue 33 - 12 June 2001

"Business with Friends & Family?"

 

Welcome to issue 33 of tranfree - the newsletter for translators.

 

No Viruses Today

Don't worry, after 2 editions of ramming the computer virus issue down your throats, we're having a break from that

All I'm going to say on the subject is that I've been sent 8 viruses in the 12 days since the last issue = ~0.75 viruses per day and Norton AV has dealt with them. Enough already!


Friends and Family

This issue focuses on doing business with friends and family. We're also running a very quick mini-poll to see what translators' experiences have been like. It's just one question. You may choose to read the article first or vote first. It's up to you...

http://tranfree.com/family-survey.html


21k Subscribers

At the time of writing, we have 20,992 subscribers. By the time this issue is distributed we'll have reached the 21,000 mark. Thank you all for helping to make tranfree the most widely read publication for translators. Please continue to send email copies of tranfree to your friends.


New Advertising Options

We're rolling out some new advertising options in the next few weeks. If your business...

  • markets relevant products/services to translators
  • recruits translators

...please send an email to for details.


Translation Jokes Forum

Nobody's posted a joke at the jokes forum yet. If we don't see any activity in the next couple of weeks we'll have to assume that it is not wanted and we'll remove it. I still think it's a fun idea, but we don't want any "excess baggage" on the site. If you want to keep it, post a translation joke at...

http://www.translatortips.net/cgi-bin/ubb/Ultimate.cgi

Alex

Alex Eames
tranfree editor, Author -
How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator

 

 

This tranfree contains...

 

Star Letter

"Dear Alex,

THANKS for the precious suggestions of your book: it is always nice to see that out there are people that still care and are willing to pass on their experience. I am sure that, with your help I Will be on the market very soon.

Many Thanks again,

Roberta Fogagnolo"


Thanks Roberta for you kind comments.


translatortips.com product URLs are as follows...


eBook How to Earn $80,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator

http://www.translatortips.net/ht50.html

tranmail - system for applying for work by email at 1650 translation agencies around the world (soon to be 2000)

http://www.translatortips.net/tranmail.html

Alex Eames, tranfree editor

    This tranfree's Feature Articles...

  1. Doing Business with Friends and Family - Alex Eames

 

 

translatortips.com Linkers FREE Prize Draw

I am keen to get as many of you as possible who have your own web sites to link to the translatortips.com web site. To encourage you all to put a link to translatortips.com on your own site, I am holding a monthly prize draw for everyone who does this.

Each month all those people who have put a link on their own web site to the translatortips.com site (and let me know about it) will go into a ballot and the winner gets a FREE translatortips.com product of their choice from the following:

this winner is Fabio Salsi - please contact me within the next 3 months to claim your prize from the above selection.

If you wish to put a link to the translatortips.com site on your site you can find instructions at the bottom of this edition.

 

 

Translation Joke

Two interpreters on a ship are talking.

"Can you swim?" asks one.

"No" says the other, "but I can shout for help in nine languages."

 

***End of issue 33***