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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Other Jul 19, 2024

In theory, the ‘secret’ to earning more should be: being specialized in a niche with low competition, having experience and working full-time. But in practice, I don't know if this is the case and I’m not among the highest-earners...

Dan Lucas
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Martin Buchet
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Other Jul 19, 2024

The secret... own a translation agency

 
Ekaterina Chashnikova
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The highest earners understand marketing (applies to both in-house and freelance professionals) and treat their work as a business if they are freelancers.

Dan Lucas
Jorge Payan
 
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Other Jul 19, 2024

Who are non-stop master networkers.

Charlie Bavington
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Question Jul 20, 2024

Ekaterina Chashnikova wrote:

The highest earners understand marketing (applies to both in-house and freelance professionals) and treat their work as a business if they are freelancers.



Why do you think in-house professionals ( I guess you mean in-house translators) who understand marketing are the highest earners? For me, an in-house translator get a fixed salary whether or not they understand marketing.


Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte, PhD
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Gennady Lapardin
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Inherited (in the "time of piece") connections rule the world. The number and amount or mastery of your bids don't matter. If you win a job, it's an open or hidden fruit of connections.

abe(L)solano
 
Changing Jul 20, 2024

These days it’s probably those who use MT and AI to churn out vast quantities of work very quickly.

Previously it was those who charged a lot because they were good.


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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Martin Buchet
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Harishankar Shahi
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Other Jul 20, 2024

Undoubtedly, who have more connections. And those who have prooves in the foreign language, to show the agency/company more than real quality for a end user. And, also, who always keep things simple to understand for the Project Managers.

abe(L)solano
Jorge Payan
 
Gitte Hovedskov (X)
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...run agencies and refuse to pay translators properly Jul 20, 2024

The industry is suffering greatly under a lack of respect for qualified translators.

Martin Buchet
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Zea_Mays
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Quality and communication skills Jul 20, 2024

As others said, specialization and quality matter, but I think good communication skills also count for a lot, including networking skills and the ability to present yourself and to act in a professional manner = reliability. Clients need to feel that they can build on you.

Rita Translator
 
Matthias Brombach
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...are mostly professionals who... Jul 20, 2024

...won't tell you here in a public forum how they achieved their success (= by what private networks).

 
Kay Denney
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. Jul 20, 2024

As in any business, the best-paid director is the Finance Director. And the best-paid translators are those specialised in finance. Simply because the Finance Department looks after its own.

Dan Lucas
 
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Highest earners Jul 20, 2024

The highest earners in the industry are mostly professionals who stand out from the competition.

Liviu-Lee Roth
 
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