We regularly receive feedback from tranmail users telling us how they got on using the database and accompanying booklet of tips and techniques for getting the most out of an email marketing campaign. Take a look at what they say...
From: "Sergey Rybkin" <rybkins scatisp.ru>
To: "translatortips.com" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Sergey Rybkin - regarding your tranmail update purchase
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:46:24 +0600
Dear Alex,
Many thanks. I confirm the receipt of your tranmail. Owing to
previous edition I've done a dozen of translations. It's not
enough for star letter. However the clients return with new jobs
and thank me for collaboration. I'm busy with such a job now.
Have a nice time in Egypt,
Sergey Rybkin UTR
English/French/German/Spanish > Russian translator
From: "Heidemarie HOEFELE-RYMER" <anglogerman transl.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Alex Eames" <tranmail-updates translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Heidi Hofele-Rymer tranmail subscription
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:16:18 +0100
Dear Alex,
at present I am not interested in buying any updates of your list
as I am literally drowning in work.
However, your list got me started in business initially, so I
should like to send a belated thankyou.
Kind regards,
Heidi Hoefele-Rymer
From: "Nikolai Douplenski" <ndoupl strogino.ru>
To: "Alex Eames" <tranmail-update translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Alex tranmail update
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:11:49 +0400
Dear Alex,
1) I acknowledge receipt of the updated version of "tranmail",
as was promised on the day of purchase - thanks. Also thanks for
your bright idea to include into the package the FletMail utility
-- this should be great help.
2) Now, my question is: the March # 46 issue of your newsletter
was the last one I received. Am I still on your mailing list?
Thanks and regards,
Nick
From: "Lisa Laplante" <llaplant nji.com>
To: "Alex Eames" <tranmail-update translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Alex tranmail update
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:13:44 -0400
Hi Alex!
Things are going great, I've got as much work as I can handle,
staying afloat financially, developing long-term professional
relationships, I'm off to Chicago to meet one of them next month,
and I'm still hearing for the first time from outfits I contacted
back in October asking for more info.
On the down side, I was at a conference in Manhattan over the
weekend; my hotel was two blocks from Ground Zero. Surreal isn't
the word for it.
Thanks for the update, stay in touch!
Lisa
From: "Traduciendo" <traduciendo infovia.com.ar>
To: <tranmail_update translatortips.net>
Subject: RE: ALFREDO tranmail update info
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 14:37:54 -0300
Dear Alex,
Thanks a million for this email. I must confess that since I
decided to follow your advice in this business of becoming a
competitive translator overseas, I haven't stopped working and
meeting fantastic colleagues worldwide.
By the meantime, I will update tranmail list with the removals
you mentioned and keep this lovely and rewarding new project
running smoothly and eficiently as now.
Warmest regards,
Alfredo Eandrade
From: "Alejandra Vucetich" <avucetich ciudad.com.ar>
To: <tranmail_update translatortips.net>
Subject: RE: Alejandra tranmail update info
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:10:24 -0300
Dear Alex,
Thank you for your tranmail information.
I can tell you that I have been sending my resume and background info to
some of the agencies of your database. And I am pleased to say that in some
cases I received very good replies, inviting me to take sample tests (which
I find a controversial issue though), or including me in their database for
future projects and in 2 or 3 cases I was assigned jobs. :-)!!
Therefore I am happy with the results even though they are not enough. But I
understand that it will take some time (a year now since I started sending
my CV).
I also found your e-book very useful, where I could confirm certain
practices I already had, change others, learned quite a few tips and
understand our business better.
Thank you again for sharing.
Best regards
Alejandra Vucetich
Certified (Sworn) Translator
Associated Member of CTPBA
From: "Raquel Relucio" <raquel.r blueversion.com>
To: "translatortips.com" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Raquel Relucio - regarding your tranmail purchase
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:24:45 +0100
Thanks, Alex
By the way, after sending just a few emails I've got some answers!
Best regards
Raquel Relucio
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:58:05 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
From: "Michael Sturm" <maksturm redshift.com>
To: <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Michael Sturm - regarding your tranmail purchase
I got everything and am very satisfied. I have already received hundreds of responses, some positive, some negative. I am encourages by the number of companies that are willing to work with freelancers.
Thanks for checking to make sure I was satisfied; and thank you for your product.
Michael Sturm
From: Lingua24h aol.com
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:47:38 EST
Subject: Re: Brigitte Pauli - regarding your tranmail purchase
To: tranmail translatortips.net
Dear Alex:
Yes we have received the mailing list and we did download the files and they are already starting to produce work for us. Thank you very much. We'll be able to get a better picture in a couple of weeks when we've had more responses, but so far the results are very pleasing indeed.
Best regards,
Brigitte
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:23:31 -0600
From: Angela Elston <ang108 kdsi.net>
To: "translatortips.com" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Angela Mailander - regarding your tranmail purchase
Dear Alex,
Amazing you care enough to inquire. Thanks.
I'm happy to report that everything seems just fine.
Thanks so much for doing what you're doing.
Turns out to be a life-saver for me.
Angela
From: "fjarabo" <fjarabo wanadoo.es>
To: <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: Re: Fernando Jarabo tranmail update URL changed
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:26:53 -0000
Dear Alex
I am another fan of your list. I have had relatively plenty of work in the
last couple of years thanks in part to it.
Best regards
Fernando Jarabo
From: Hedemarrie Flórez <hedemarrie telocity.com>
To: "'translatortips.com'" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: RE: Hedemarrie Flórez - regarding your tranmail purchase
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:20:09 -0500
Alex,
Thank you so very much for putting together this database and making it available. I just downloaded the files and start my job hunting. I have no
words to thank you for putting together this resource!
Hedemarrie Flórez
801 Three Islands Blvd., #216
Hallandale, FL 33009
From: "Kaoru Furukoshi" <dalmoro1 interfree.it>
To: "translatortips.com" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: RE: Kaoru Furukoshi - regarding your tranmail purchase
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:02:52 +0100
Dear Mr. Eames,
Thank you very much for the message. I am very excited to tell you that,
with no problems, I downloaded the files which have already been working so
well for me. I have already started to receive job offers.
I really thank you very much.
Best reards,
Kaoru Furukoshi
From: "CHRISTINE"
To: "Alex Eames" <alex translatortips.com>
Subject: Re: upgrade
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 19:29:37 +0100
Merci Alex,
In that case I will order it through your site, for the version I was
offered with your book proved very fruitful indeed.
Kind regards,
Christine MARCOMBE
Sensible Translation for a Sensitive World
http://cmtrad.anotherlight.com
From: "Tao Weber" <tpweber home.com>
To: "'translatortips.com'" <tranmail translatortips.net>
Subject: RE: Tao Weber - regarding your tranmail purchase
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:06:28 -0800
Dear Alex,
Friday I bought your product. Today I am struggling with inquiries for
excellent projects, have an excellent prospectus on my desk, and have
been approved and entered into 120!!!! New databases.
Being bilingual is MY talent, being successful with it is YOURS.
Just one week ago I would never have thought that I'd ever have to turn
down "several" project offers at once, today I have to.
Thank you
Tao P. Weber
Freelance Translator German - English
1711 Lafayette St.
Alameda, CA, 94501
USA
From: "Andrei Gerasimov" <gerasae aha.ru>
To: <enquiries translatortips.com>
Subject: Invoice
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:05:32 +0300
Hello Alex
I have a first "slack" day since February and at last read your survey
"Online Translation Job Sources Survey". Convincing analysis!
I am printing out your ht80v.2 at last to read it again and again. Your
tranmail database and local clients ensured me the workload of about
500,000 words from January to October, 2001
(tranmail - 75%, local clients - 25%). (feel free to quote;-)
Please send an invoice (by e-mail) for the latest version of your tranmail
database
Thanks in advance
Andrei Gerasimov, Ph.D.
From: "Fabio Paracchini" <fabio trax.it>
To: <enquiries translatortips.com>
Subject: thanx
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:37:59 +0200
dear alex,
i bought your tranmail list & "how-to..." ebook a few weeks ago and already
made more than EUR 2000 from new clients... what should i say? THANK YOU :)
fabio paracchini
viale monza 74
I-20127 milano
From: "Amanda Grey" <agrey club-internet.fr>
To: <enquiries translatortips.com>
Subject: More Tranmail succes!
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:10:31 +0200
Well Alex, I finally succumbed and bought the tranmail list!
I started by sending emails only to those agencies in France, where I live and work. Things had got rather quiet after two months of maternity leave. After two days, I have had to stop - the response has been overwhelming. And that's coming from a sceptic who was prepared to be "underwhelmed"!
And there was I thinking I could take a Halloween break...
Keep up the good work,
Amanda GREY
http://www.amanda-grey.com
From: "Andrey" <abondar telus.net>
To: "Alex Eames" <alex translatortips.com>
Subject: Re: tranmail order - results
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 13:32:50 -0700
Alex, hi:
Just wanted to share my results:
I targeted the same 800+ some agencies, I guess, like you did, the ones
located in UK, USA and Canada.
I did write to each agency individually, and although I was not able to
reach your response rate (maybe, because I did not ask them to respond in
any case), but I did get about 140 replies over 2 weeks' period, most of
them were given within 2-3 days' time.
Needless to say, I already received one job that more than covered my
expenses and time spent on this project. I have been doing the same thing
every year for the past several years (with Glenn's guide, Karin's database,
my own research), and this is quite normal: out of about a 1000 letters
sent, I usually get about 10-20 small to medium orders right away (within
the next 2 weeks to 2 months), and 3 to 4 good permanent clients a year.
Once again, thank you for you list.
Sincerely,
Andrey Bondarenko
From: "Ian Roberts" <idroberts lineone.net>
To: "Alex Eames" <alex translatortips.com>
Subject: Thanks
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:24:33 +0100
Dear Alex,
Many thanks for tranmail.
This is the second time I've purchased it.
It's a very useful tool to have. I got some
more extra clients and, needless to say,
my outlay was soon cleared.
Best regards,
Ian Roberts
From: "Jim Trainor" <jimtrainor mixmail.com>
To: tranmail translatortips.com
Subject: Tranmail
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:17:27 +100
Dear Tranmail,
Just to let you know that I subscribed to
Tranmail some seven hours ago, have sent
individual e-mails to a selection of ten, and
have had two replies already: one asking me
to send my full CV and the second to say
they'll be holding my details on their list
should the need arise.
Jim Trainor
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 14:24:40 -0600
To: Alex Eames <alextranslatortips.com>
From: gloria <glojoemail.internet.com.mx>
Subject: Re: your questions (was Re: Just starting. Help!)
Dear Alex,
Thank you very much for your quick response. I will visit your forums and hope to get some advice from the experts.
Thanks again for everything you do for translators all over the world.
Gloria
From: "Hugo Barbosa" <dwarinmail.telepac.pt>
To: <enquiriestranslatortips.com>
Subject: tranmail
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:11:23 -0000
Hi,
I contacted half the agencies on the list (and would like to contact the other half) and responses were immensely satisfactory. Many thanks for this boost.
Best regards,
Hugo Barbosa
dwarinmail.telepac.pt
http://aquarius.net/en/personal_page.cfm?mode=1&profile_id=2356
From: "Robin Salmon" <robtransrobtrans.com.au>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Tranmail
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 00:06:35 +0800
Hi Alex
This is just to thank you for Tranmail. I sent 100 e-mails to one country, a month ago. I had a 24% reply rate and got my first job 1 week later. Since then, I have done 10 jobs of varying volumes and have been busy every day!
Thanks again!
Robin Salmon
From: "Mike Levin" <mlevincore.com>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: RE: Working w/Tranmail
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:10:56 -0500
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your advise. I've managed to mail out 1,543 letters. In fact, the response was such that I've already covered the cost of the mailing list.
From: "omni" <omninetvision.net.il>
To: <enquiriestranslatortips.com>
Subject: Israel Translators Association
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:00:23 +0300
I am writing in my capacity as Chairman of the ITA who is moved primarily by a need to improve the lot of his colleagues here in Israel.
I have already purchased both your ebook and the Tranmail list and am extremely satisfied with both.
I also know that your site is being recommended to students of the translation courses offered at Bet Berl College and Bar Ilan University.
---snip---
Best regards,
Arthur Livingstone
Omni Design Limited
Translations
From: "Conor Bracken (Q translation)" <conorqtranslation.com>
To: <enquiriestranslatortips.com>
Subject: Request for inclusion in Tranmail
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:43:33 +0700
Dear Alex,
I am writing to you to ask that my company "Q Translation" be inlcuded in your list. In the past we were mainly a Single Language Vendor (SLV) for Thai, operating primarily with many Multiple Language Vendors (MLV).
---snip---
Best Regards,
Conor Bracken
Managing Director
Q Translation
From: "Andrei" <gerasaeaha.ru>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: database updated
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:05:27 +0300
Hello Alex,
Thank you so much. You've really helped me to stay in translation business after the Russian crisis of 1998 and to keep my freelance status which I prize so highly.
Number of my foreign clients is still increasing thanks to your databases. Keep it up. If you need something from Russia, just let me know.
Regards
Andrei E. Gerasimov, Ph.D.
gerasaeaha.ru
http://www.aha.ru/~gerasae
From: "JLC Translation Services" <jamiejlc-translations.co.uk>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: Link added to our new website
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 22:13:03 -0000
Hi Alex,
You may remember that we contacted you some time ago with our details after taking advantage of your excellent "How to Earn 50,000+ per Year as a Freelance Translator" and "tranmail basic" products. We later updated to the full version of "tranmail" and since doing so, business has never been better.
Several months down the line, and we now have our own website and a number of regular clients. We would love for other people to enjoy the success that we are having and so have placed a link to "translatortips.com" on our website. This can be found at http://www.jlc-translations.co.uk
Thank you so much for all your help and advice Alex. I never would have thought such a small investment could turn so profitable.
All the very best.
Jamie
JLC Translation Services
From: "Aivo Roos" <etranslationhot.ee>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: tranmail order
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:44:20 +0200
Hi Alex,
This is just to let you know my Tranmail response rates (it all has happened in October 2000):
I sent out about 1300 e-mails (just the way you have suggested). I've got 250 answers.
Therefore the actual response rate is 19 per cent.
No hostile replies.
From: "Silvana Fenoglio" <sfenogliociudad.com.ar>
To: <tranmailtranslatortips.com>
Subject: RE: tranmail password
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:04:31 -0300
Dear Alex,
Today I bought tranmail and I simply cannot stop writing, specially since I already started receiving some responses (I imagine tomorrow will be a very busy day).
Regards,
Silvana M. Fenoglio
English-Spanish Translator
sfenogliociudad.com.ar
Tel. 54 2477 42-4066
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:13:25 -0500
Subject: tranmail
From: "mcmejiaearthlink.net" <mcmejiaearthlink.net>
To: <enquiriestranslatortips.com>
Dear Alex.
My name is Maria Mejia and I recently bought tranmail. ( I didnt actually buy it myself, it was a gift made to me by my boss, Rafael Londono).
Anyway, I just wanted to say that thanks to tranmail, I finally got my career as a freelance translator started. I sent out 598 messages the first week and had a 20% reply ratio after two days and a 50% reply ratio after only two weeks.
Thanks to this unbelievable response I had, my rates and resume are in the databases of about 300 translation agencies in the US and UK, alone (I have yet to send messages to agencies in other countries).
I have completed 5 projects and am still getting more replies.
Thank you for this excellent tool, it has been more helpful than you can imagine,
Maria Mejia
From: "Rodolfo Beneyto" <rbeneytomail.telepac.pt>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: RE: tranmail order (was Re: Tranmail)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:10:48 +0100
Dear Alex,
Thank you. Everything is OK now. And don't worry, I did a backup copy now.
And I would just like to add that, from the 20-30 e-mails I sent based on your list, I have already received 6 answers. This is an amazing rate, as you know.
I repeat my thanks,
Rodolfo
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:20:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terra York <terrayorkyahoo.com>
Subject: Tranmail list
To: alextranslatortips.com
Hi Alex,
I purchased the Tranmail list today and the reponse has been great thus far!
I did get two messages back saying the addresses were no longer valid. Here they are for your reference:
thomsoninternatsprint.ca and nettytradutec.com.
Thanks,
Terra York
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:14:21 -0700
From: "Jim Breaden" <jbreadmail.mcsi.net>
To: "Alex Eames" <freereptranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: jim your translatortips ebook offer expires tomorrow
Alex,
I regret to inform you that my credit card (singular) is maxed out and I have so many expenses this month (I'm a single Dad and my kids started school) that I will be unable to take advantage of your very generous offer.
I will, however, continue to be a strong supporter of all that you do on behalf of free-lance translators.
You are truly an inspiration and your efforts motivate not just myself but, I'm sure, all who come in contact with you. Hope to stay in touch.
Jim Breaden
Italian/French/Spanish/Korean/English
From: "F.M.G." <ferminmorenoeresmas.com>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: RE: tranmail order
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:31:51 +0200
Dear Alex,
Once again I must thank you for your impressive trustworthiness and efficiency. I have received Tranmail faster than I could expect.
No doubt it will be crucial for me in order to enhance the possibilities of my becoming a full-time freelance translator in a country as mine -Spain- which for the most part both undervalue and despise so much in every sense the translators skills and efforts. Ill inform you ASAP about my results.
Really professional and kind of yours.
Best regards,
Fermin Moreno Gonzlez ferminmorenoeresmas.com
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 17:36:31 -0700
From: Johanna Timm <timmtelus.net>
To: Alex Eames <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: possible error in billing
Hello Alex,
Inspired by the book I ordered the tranmail product a few weeks later.
I was very pleased with the response to my applications( I re- wrote my resume, designed a fabulous marketing letter and sent request for free-lance work to all of the American and Canadian companies( I' m located in Vancouver) listed in tranmail.
The response was overwhelming- I spent about six hours one day just sending out letters and almost instantly getting feedback. The response of the Americans was almost 40 %, while the Canadians were somewhat less enthusiastic, about 2%.
Four companies were seriously interested in my specialties and actually promised to send me some work soon.(As it always happens, I am completely booked right now, but who knows- those days waiting by the fax machine might soon come along..)
All of the responses were extremely polite ( but then, my letter was simpy irresistable;)!
Thanks for compiling a great book and an excellent list.
Johanna
From: pauly.teamt-online.de (Pauly)
To: editortranslatortips.com
Subject: prize winner!!
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:50:10 +0200
Dear, Alex!
I just saw that I am the prize winner of of your last tranfree publication. YEAH!!!
Let me use this opportunity to thank you for all your interesting articles as well as useful recommendations and hints with regard to the translation business. It is always exciting to see how the other "individual fighters" can cope with the challenges of our job and to learn from them.
Alex, since I already bought your tranmail database last year - which really paid off - I want to know how to earn $80.000+ as a freelance translator this time. But since I am a mother of two small wild girls (2 + 5 years) I am not so sure whether I am reaching this figures - even with your ebook!
Carry on!
Best regards,
Martina Pauly (English/French>German)
From: "Andrei" <gerasaepostman.ru>
To: "Alex Eames" <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: Re: tranmail update
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 13:18:44 +0400
Dear Alex,
Your tranmail update again brought me a new excellent client from Belgium on the next day after my mailing to first 100 agencies from your list! Now I have no time again to continue my mailing campaign because I have too much work to do. Also I am able to say "**** off!" to those who send me tests. (I am sure almost all (only almost) tests sucks due to lack of reference material, in- house terminology/professional slang and "Pray who are the judges" factor.
Here are my syggestions for topics to be discussed in your excellent e-zine...
1. General attitude to tests. 2. A comparative brief review of different TM tools (I noticed that you become kinder to them!). This review will enable a translator to choose the right TM (Trados, IBM, DejaVu, SDL) for his/her specific needs.
Regards
Andrei E. Gerasimov, Ph.D.
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 18:17:45 +0100
To: translatalmal.demon.co.uk
From: Liz Menches <liz.mencheseam.clara.net>
Subject: Testimonial
"When first setting up eam LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS, we purchased your translation agency list. Having worked for years in marketing and having experienced many out-of-date mailing lists, I have to admit to having been somewhat dubious. However, the list produced a 10-15% response rate and has provided not only a time-effective and well-targetted marketing tool, but also some excellent contracts".
Best regards
Liz
From: Kristina Luoma <KristinaLuomagmx.de>
To: alex <alextranslatortips.com>
Subject: SV: Kristina - tranmail agency addresses update enclosed
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:06:21 +0200
Dear Alex,
Thanks for the new addresses!
You would not believe the response I have received! I am struggling to finnish my last couple of months as a student and therefore had to stop writing to the agencies on you list after about 200.
I expected tings to start happening in about 3-6 months, but getting loads of application forms to fill out, test translations and even payed assignments within the first couple of weeks made me realize how effective this list is.
A little bit too effective, since I want to get my MA of Arts in June. Anyway, it's been worth every penny and my dream is about to come true: to work as a translator on a freelance basis!
I wish you all the best for the future,
Kristina Luoma
I just started doing freelance translation about 7 months ago. I bought your list of agencies, as well as another one. In all, I sent out my cover letter and resume to about 600 agencies by email. I did receive lots of replies.
Most were just "we've added you to our database" replies. I did get some positive ones, and have done several projects for about 5 agencies now. In fact, I recently completed one for which I earned $2000 in just four days. I was very impressed with that one. I finished it a day early, and I try to get all my jobs done at least somewhat early.
Mark Moore
17 Nov 99
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