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• vendor management
• Tips for freelancers

When trying to get new orders, many freelance translators and translation agencies get the contact information of potential clients, and then send them emails and messages on social networks offering their services. But 99% of these messages are deleted unread. Why does this happen and how do we avoid it?

• PM Stories

So it is your first day as a translator at a translation agency. After all the tests and interviews, you fly inspired and confident in your abilities, you are burning with the desire to translate. But... expectations are not always materialized. If you have ever been in such a situation, you will definitely recognize yourself in this video.

• translation agency management
• project management
• vendor management

A normal day, a normal project is finished for a normal client, I send them the normal translation and write them the normal email. The person at the other end is a Japanese girl called Totomi...

• PM Stories

To scoop up a big project is a golden dream of sales managers at translation agencies. But they hardly realize what their achievements might cost project managers. If you see yourself in this video, like and share it.

• translation agency management
• project management
• vendor management

The incident described below happened at the very beginning of my career as a project manager, and it taught me a lot. It’s the end of a normal working day and time to leave the office, but I’m struggling to wrap up one of my projects. I am still actively corresponding with a client in Japan. I remember her name was Akiko.

• PM Stories

Life of a project manager at the translation agency is tough and full of challenges. This video shows what can happen when you trust an urgent project to an untrusted translator. If you recognize yourself in this video, feel free to like and share it.

• sales in translation agency

The work of a translation agency project manager can get the adrenaline pumping. It is rare that a project flows smoothly from beginning to end: plenty of good translators on your team, deadlines that mean you don’t have to rush, no unpleasant surprises etc...

• PM Stories

Project managers at translation agencies face tons of difficulties and challenges every day. Here is one of them. If you recognize yourself in this video, feel free to like and share it.

• PM Stories

Project managers at translation agencies face tons of difficulties and challenges every day. Here is one of them. If you recognize yourself in this video, feel free to like and share it.

• translation management system (TMS)
• translation technology

When choosing a business management system for their translation agency, a manager has to decide if that should be online or desktop. Each type has its pros and cons. Let’s take a look at them.