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Members' Day - 3 October 2015 Be a professional! Act professionally! What makes a professional? Going into and beyond the obvious skills & qualifications

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Members' Day - 3 October 2015

Be a professional! Act professionally!

What makes a professional?

Going into and beyond the obvious

skills & qualifications

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About the speaker

• +10 years’ experience

• BA in languages

• MA in Intercultural Cooperation

• MCIL

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Agenda

• First impressions count

• Going into and beyond the obvious skills

• The right tools and resources

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First impressions count

You’ll never get a

second chance to

make a great first impression

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First impressions count

• How (not) to approach clients

• CVs

• Website & social media presence

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How (not) to approach clients

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There are always

options…

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How (not) to approach clients

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Dear translator

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How (not) to approach clients

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How (not) to approach clients

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Dear Project Manager

[…]

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How (not) to approach clients

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Hello Ms Cincan

[…] I have been enjoying

your translation and

language-related tweets

[…] and I really enjoyed

your interview with Tess

Whitty back in March.[…]

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How (not) to approach clients

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Apply the Santa rule

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How (not) to approach clients

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Oh, no!

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How (not) to approach clients

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Oh, no!

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How (not) to approach clients

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Oh, no!

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CVs

What is your language combination?

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CVs

What’s in a name?

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CVs

Which do you think is the ‘best’ name?1. Name of linguist

2. CV/resumé/no identifiable elements

3. Name+job

4. Name+job+languages

5. Job+languages

6. Name+job+field

7. Name+language+field

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CVs

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52%

33%

7%

6%

1% 1% 0%Name of linguist

CV/resumé/no identifiable elements

Name+job

Name+job+languages

Job+languages

Name+job+field

Name+language+field

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CVs

• How long should your CV be?

• What to include and what not

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CVs

Apply the Santa rule

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CVs

.doc vs .pdf

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CVs

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23%

77%

Translators

.doc(x)

.pdf

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CVs

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70%

30%

Interpreters

.doc(x)

.pdf

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CVs

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Protect yourselves from scammers

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References

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Website & social media presence

37% of the translators or interpreters we’ve worked with have an online presence

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Website & social media presence

Do you know these people?

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How (not) to approach clients

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Summary:

• Tailor your approach and be personal

• Proofread your emails and CV

• A good CV will highlight your skills

• A website and/or social media will

enhance your chances of getting your

name in front of potential clients

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Going into & beyond the obvious skillsprofessionalism /prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl.ɪ.zəm/

the combination of all the qualities that are connected with trained and skilled people

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills“What makes you great is not what you do but, how you do what you do”

Constance Chuks Friday

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

• Qualifications & memberships

• Responsiveness

• Online & offline behaviour

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

Qualifications –

how important are they?

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Memberships

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+ -show commitment cost

CPD

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Memberships

78% of the translators we have

worked with are members

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

How quickly do you

reply to work emails?

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

Online and offline behaviour

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

“For your own professionalism, reputation & appearance, it really is ok to NOT post every #video, picture, event or show on social media.

On the contrary, holding back, waiting or not posting certain things all together can help much more than hurt.”Loren Weisman

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

Online and offline behaviour

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Why battling against MT when you don't understand it? Because you can't

understand it, That's why morons use pics made by someone else

#t9n PM : cheap monolingual asshole whose job is to extort #t9n-s at the cheapest

possible rate & to make sure t9n-s are delivered on time. #xl8

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Going into & beyond the obvious skills

Summary:

• ‘Professional’ also stands for ‘trained’

• Professional membership demonstrates standards and commitment

• Be responsive

• Online behaviour matters just as much as offline one

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The right tools & resources

“You can't expect to

meet the challenges of

today with yesterday's

tools and expect to be in business tomorrow.”

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The right tools & resources

• A few recommendations

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The right tools & resources

You need a CV that works!

by Marta Stelmaszak

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The right tools & resources

Professional Associations of

Translators and Interpreters

Around the Worldby Inbox Translation

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The right tools & resources

Marketing tips for translatorsby Tess Whitty

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The right tools & resources

Standing Out (Facebook group)by Andrew Morris

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The right tools & resources

eCPD Webinars

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Questions?

You can also find me here:

Twitter: @InboxTranslate & @AlinaCincan

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alinacincan

Website: http://inboxtranslation.com

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