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4 things being a location-independent translator has taught me

by Sarah Dillon

mobile office

We have a lot of flexibility around where and how we can choose to work as freelance translators. Sometimes we forget that we need to make the right choice for our individual set of circumstances, and that these choices will change along with our circumstances throughout our careers.

Last year I spent months running my office from just a laptop and a small folder when I was moving between London and Brisbane. I became a master of digitising, synchronising and reducing, and of setting up functioning workspaces in the least likely of places. While this was a great exercise in mobile working and streamlining more generally, it also made me realise a couple of things: [Read more…]

Last updated: 3 March, 2009 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Business of translation, Working habits Tagged With: mobile working, repetitive strain injury