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n this workshop, you'll get tips and steps to develop the following:
✓ A resume that sells - what to include and what to avoid, what translation agencies are looking for, plus some layout tips
✓ A cover letter (email) that makes project managers want to open your resume and register you in their database
✓ Resources for where to find translation work
Description
For the opportunities freelance translators are pursuing, an appropriate resume is a one- to two-page summary of relevant skills, experience, and education. A resume must be brief because the reader typically spends less than a minute reviewing its contents. You need to make sure your resume is concise, well written, and that it contains the information translation companies are looking for, and, by the same token, that it does not contain anything that is irrelevant or unnecessary.
Over the past decade, I have mentored and coached other freelance translators with their marketing. One of the most frequent tasks I’ve had is to review and help them with their basic marketing material; CV, cover letter and online profiles.
In this workshop, you'll get tips and steps to develop the following:
✓ A resume that sells - what to include and what to avoid, what translation agencies are looking for, plus some layout tips
✓ A cover letter (email) that makes project managers want to open your resume and register you in their database
✓ Resources for where to find translation work
Ready to start working with more translation agencies?
What’s included?
✓ 29 April 2021: Live 3-hour workshop with Tess
✓ 2 weeks after the workshop: Live 1-hour Q&A with Tess
Bio: Tess Whitty is a certified English into Swedish translator, specializing in digital marketing and localization. With a degree in International Marketing and background as marketing manager, she also shares her marketing knowledge and translator experience with other freelance translators as an award-winning speaker, trainer, consultant, author, and podcaster. She is involved in several translator associations as a committee chair, language chair, trainer and mentor. In 2020, she was ranked among the top 50 world’s industry localization influencers.
For more information, or to connect, go to www.marketingtipsfortranslators.com, or www.swedishtranslationservices.com.