How to make the most out of new eCPD Webinars? Watch our video!
Using my previous experience with videos and recordings (have you seen the latest episode of my WantWordsTV?), I decided to share this video with you in which I explain how to use and make the most of...
View Article3 free translator training videos from eCPD Webinars for a good start
As you can see, we’ve moved to our new platform and we hope you’re enjoying the benefits already, and now you can access 3 free translator training videos, too. Apart from streamlined design and...
View ArticleIs Continuing Professional Development important?
We invited Corinne McKay, who is well known in the US for her major contribution to training for new entrants to the profession, to write a guest post for our new blog on the importance of CPD. Is CPD...
View ArticleLifelong learning is part of a linguist’s job description
For our second guest post, we invited Catherine Christaki of LinguaGreca Translations to share her thoughts on what lifelong learning really means. Translators today are spoilt for choice when it comes...
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Free CPD – is it worth it? It’s time to review your commitment to...
Any search engine will find hundreds of pieces of advice on the internet: “how to become rich”, “how to gain direct clients”, “how to increase your earnings”. The list is endless. Among the dross of...
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Are you committed to professional development? Let it show!
It’s our great pleasure to launch our Committed to Professional Development scheme and we’d like to encourage you to take part. The scheme, comprising our Committed to Professional Development badge...
View ArticleConstant flux
In the third of our guest posts, Andrew Morris of Standing Out gives his insight into how we all need to change – all the time. Everywhere we look around us, life is in constant flux, and this is...
View ArticleStrawberries, cream and sparks of genius: Tennis parallels to help us be the...
The next guest post (the fourth) is topical for early July in the UK. We invited Nikki Graham of Tranix Translations to give us her special take on what it means to develop a career. As I start to...
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Four videos for the price of three – summer offer
From now until 23rd July we are offering four of our great CPD videos for the price of just three (lowest priced – £15 – is free). The offer is available from now until 23rd July. All you have to do is...
View ArticleLegal translation CPD – free resources for linguists
The majority of professional associations across all disciplines, and in fact the majority of professionals themselves, agree that continuing professional development is necessary, even if it is not...
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How do you plan your CPD yet remain flexible to make it work for you?
In our next guest post, Lloyd Bingham discusses how to plan CPD yet remain flexible and responsive to circumstances. We are very grateful to all our guest writers who have taken the time and trouble to...
View ArticleDeveloping a budding career: a guest post by the Deep End bloggers
How important is CPD for translators? In the fifth of our series of guest posts the writers of The Deep End blog: Claire Harmer, Katharine Mears, Felicity Pearce, Paula Pitkethly and Sandra Young – a...
View ArticleFinancial translation CPD – free resources for linguists
Continuing in line with our mission and CPD commitment, we’re launching another set of free resources for linguists, this time on financial translation. If you’ve seen our previous month’s entry on...
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“Ssh… Confidentiality issues for freelance Interpreters and Translators”
The next guest post on our blogspot relates to an important aspect of every translator’s work practices: confidentiality. How many of us truly understand what confidentiality actually means? Sue...
View ArticleThe Curse of the Freelance Translator: lack of self-esteem?
The Curse of the Freelance Translator: lack of self-esteem? In our continuing series of guest posts by eminent bloggers on translation, we are thrilled to publish this post by Claire Cox, whose blog...
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Announcing a new consultancy service from eCPD
Announcing a new consultancy service from eCPD As acknowledged experts in the field of CPD for translators and interpreters, Lucy Brooks and her team at eCPD Webinars are keen to help newcomers to the...
View ArticleDeveloping a budding career: a guest post by the Deep End bloggers
How important is CPD for translators? In the fifth of our series of guest posts the writers of The Deep End blog: Claire Harmer, Katharine Mears, Felicity Pearce, Paula Pitkethly and Sandra Young – a...
View ArticleFuture-Proofing Your Career As A Translator
Our next guest blog post was written by Christelle Maignan, who will be presenting a course on the subject of future-proofing your career as a translator. It starts in December. Christelle is an...
View ArticleScience and technology translation CPD – free resources for linguists
Continuing in line with our mission and CPD commitment, we’re launching another set of free resources for linguists, this time on translating in the science and technical sectors. If you’ve seen our...
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Looking on the Bright side – Pessimism v Optimism
Looking on the bright side of life A recent guest post by Christelle Maignan for eCPD Webinars highlighted the need for translators to adapt to the changing world. In this post I want to advocate that...
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