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Publication details [#12213]
Maurer, Gertrude. 1997. Don't panic!: freiberufliches Übersetzen. Schwerpunktbereich Technik und Wirtschaft [Don't panic!: translating freelance. Emphasis on technique and the economic aspect]. In Kurz, Ingrid and Angela Moisl, eds. Berufsbilder für Übersetzer und Dolmetscher: Perspektiven nach dem Studium [Possible futures for translators and interpreters: perspectives after graduation]. Vienna: WUV Wiener Universitätsverlag. pp. 27–38.
Abstract
The author discusses some aspects of working as a freelance translator. She lists a number of prerequisites to working as a translator, offers an insight in the job market and provides information with respect to the necessary equipment, insurance, taxes, client acquisition, professional behaviour, price setting, cooperation with other translators, additional training, …
Source : A. Matthyssen