After working for the federal government as an administrative assistant for the past eight years, she wants to quit her $ 65,000 - a-year job and run her own small
freelance translation business — something she's done on evenings and weekends for the last four years.
As it happened, demand
for translation business was far greater than it was for IT, and the IT business was being hammered by competitors overseas.
One of our six group, Jimmy Vega, even built a Spanish -
English translation business outside of Fiverr simply by following up with his Fiverr clients.
Freed from his IT work, Azam would use his tech know - how to help the company push so - called localization services, an offshoot of
the translation business that helps companies adapt their websites and software to foreign markets.
After doing some pro bono translation from English to Spanish, Claudia began thinking about returning to
the translation business.
He had recently started
a translation business and made the trip to help a Chinese firm recover a payment.
But the good - hearted atmosphere of
the translation business combined with the entrepreneurial atmosphere of today and the growing role of biotech companies in the world provides a great opportunity to succeed as a freelance scientific translator.
After finishing my master?s degree a year ago, I did some research on the Internet about
the translation business and was overwhelmed by the positive and friendly atmosphere amongst translators.
Moira Vekony, trained in molecular virology, now owns her own editing and
translation business.
Now at almost 40, she is currently growing her second startup project, called TVrunway, after selling her first entrepreneurial venture,
a translation business.
But most established translators who live on
their translation business, probably won't be able or willing to work for the insecure prospect of royalties.
After over a quarter of a century of experience in
the translation business and nearly as much in publishing, she decided it was time for her to focus on the books she loves to read and bring them to a broader audience.
And while she enjoys running
her translation business, Erica wants to wrap it up in a few years so she can retire at age 55 at the latest.
But concentrating on
my translation business will mean giving up a very comfortable government job.