The Entrepreneurial Linguist

Author: Judy A. Jenner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557256232
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Any linguist can become an entrepreneurial linguist, work with direct clients, and make a good living while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. This book by longtime translating twins Judy and Dagmar Jenner will teach you how to start your entrepreneurial linguist journey. Written in a purposely non-academic style, "The Entrepreneurial Linguist: The Business-School Approach to Freelance Translation" will show you how to market your services to direct clients, build and nurture relationships, grow your client base in a structured way, use web 2.0 to promote your services, and much more. This book is intended for both beginning and established translators and interpreters around the world.

The Way of the Linguist

Author: Steve Kaufmann
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1420873296
Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

The Prosperous Translator

Author: Chris Durban
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615404030
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
A compilation of business advice columns for translators and interpreters published under the names Fire Ant & Worker Bee in online Translation Journal. Pithy tips and insights.

How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator, Third Edition

Author: Corinne McKay
Publisher: Two Rat Press
ISBN: 9780578170077
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
The original how-to guide for people who want to launch and run a successful freelance translation business, fully revised and updated! With over 10,000 copies in print, How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator has become a go-to reference for beginning and experienced translators alike. The fully revised third edition includes nearly 250 pages of practical tips on writing a translation-targeted resume and cover letter, preparing a marketing plan, marketing your services to agencies and direct client, avoiding common pitfalls, and more! New in this edition: an all-new technology chapter by translation technology expert Jost Zetzsche, and more detailed information on ways to market to direct clients.

Just A Phrase I'm Going Through

Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134011865
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 349

Book Description
Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ... not the answers you’d expect to the question ‘what happens when you become a linguist?’ But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language and Linguistics, David Crystal answers this question and offers us a special look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, Just a Phrase I’m Going Through illuminates and entertains us with its many insights into the ever-fascinating subject of language. David Crystal is synonymous with language, both as a great populariser and linguistic pioneer, and his contribution to the field is unparalleled. This is a book not just for students and teachers but for all lovers of language. For more about David Crystal at Routledge, visit: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415485746.

Do You Make These Mistakes in English?

Author: Edwin L Battistella
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 019536712X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
School of Music, and the Charles Atlas and Dale Carnegie courses to illustrate how culture became popular and how self-reliance evolved into self-improvement." "This book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of English, the history of business, and American Studies generally."--BOOK JACKET.

Succeeding as a Freelance Linguist

Author: Jordyn Austin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language services
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description

Corpora in Applied Linguistics

Author: Susan Hunston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521801710
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 13

Book Description
This book explores corpus linguistics in language learning and research.

Language Awareness in Business and the Professions

Author: Erika Darics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108484492
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Demonstrates that language awareness and discourse consciousness are key for critical thinking and communication in professional contexts.

Startup… Just Startup

Author: Gaurav Vasishta
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1638505705
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 107

Book Description
You can work from wherever you want, on whatever you want – Just Startup! You can follow your passion and still make a lot of money – Just Startup! You can have ownership, freedom and excitement – Just Startup! A traditional “Job” isn’t secure anymore. You don’t need to be part of the rat race and can Start-up on your own. No experience, No degree or diploma, No huge investments – just the right set of tools. “Startup… Just Startup” is a step-by-step guide for you to build your own Start-up from scratch – Idea to Implementation to Money! A Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Educator, Mentor and Linguist, Gaurav Vasishta has put the essence of his 22 years of experience and learning into this comprehensive, systematic formula for success for first-time and recurring Entrepreneurs to Startup… Just Startup. Bonus: Includes a utilitarian Tool-set for all Entrepreneurs for reference.