Solopreneur

Not giving up.

I've always been a big complainer and not a very sports-addicted kind of girl. But when I set my mind to something, I usually hang on.

Doing what you don't do best (anymore) (and not caring)

Next time you'll think about taking up dancing, tennis, swimming or rollerskating, don't say you're too old. Do it with your kids.

The change you want to see in your world

I haven't been posting a lot for a while. Even though April hasn't been that good financially (not bad exactly, but not good either),...

Learning to communicate better: following up quickly

This week, I gained and lost two big jobs in a flash. Why? In one of the two cases, for circumstantial reasons over which I had no...

It's not me, it's not you, then what is it?

I'm becoming more and more a translator "by default". What does it mean? I'm realising that even though translation remains my main...

Work hard, live harder

Two weeks ago, I put my out-of-office on for the first time since 2012. Of course, I ended up replying to all my emails as I received...

Working with people you don't particularly like on difficult projects within impossible timeframes

Episode 2: Give them what they want. My last post was about those unbearable overachieving PMs, which we've all been if we started our...

Working with people you don't particularly like on difficult projects within impossible timeframes

Episode 1: Not my cup of tea, but hey Recently, I've worked on a complicated translation project with a PM I didn't find particularly...

Taking some 'time off'

This summer has been hectic, as I've been travelling and moving around with my family... while working. Yesterday was my very first real...

When you get that 150-page text

For some translators in certain niches, it's just another day at the office: they only translate a few long manuscripts, books, reports...