Working as a Professional Translator

Author:   JC Penet
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032115566


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   25 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   JC Penet
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781032115566


ISBN 10:   1032115564
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   25 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

About the Author Series Editor’s Foreword About this Textbook Acknowledgements PART I Joining the profession 1 What skills and qualifications do I need? 2 Career paths: Freelance, in-house or portfolio career? 3 No translator is an island: Setting up your support networks 4 Finding that first job PART II On the job 5 Dealing with clients 6 Managing your translation projects 7 Managing translation quality PART III Continuing to grow as a professional translator 8 Understanding your market and marketing your business 9 Keeping it sustainable Bibliography Index

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"""An informed, realistic and refreshingly upbeat guide to working as a professional translator."" -Dorothy Kenny, Dublin City University, Ireland ""This book offers hands-on advice from someone who clearly understands professional translation and the language industry. JC Penet draws on translation professionals’ practical experience as well as relevant academic literature to explain how to best prepare for a successful, sustainable career in this thriving and dynamic sector. I wish I could have read it before I started out!"" -Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland ""Entering the translation market and thriving as a professional translator can be an overwhelming challenge. This textbook helps novice translators to build the personal, social and technical capacities and support structures to succeed in this endeavor. It will inspire and encourage them throughout the learning journey that a career in the dynamic field of translation requires today.” -Hanna Risku, University of Vienna, Austria ‘A much-needed guide for anyone building (or refreshing) a career in professional translation. This book brings the latest research and understanding of the professional context to students and those working in the field in a really accessible way. The clear, inclusive approach makes the guide helpful for translation programmes globally. Highly recommended!’ - Joanna Drugan, Herriot-Watt University, UK"


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JC Penet is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Translation Studies at Newcastle University, UK, where he is currently the Director of the MA in Professional Translation. Since joining the School of Modern Languages in 2010, he has taught on a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in translation studies, including on translation theory; the language service industry; CAT tools and project management; institutional translation; and interpersonal relations, emotions and well-being in the translation profession. Through his ‘Translation Networks’ project (2014−2018), he established lasting networks with local language service providers and freelancers in North East England.

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