Freelance translation: on your terms

Freelance translation can be a very satisfying way to work, but it also involves a lot of choices. How much do you want to work? How much do you need or want to earn? What parts of translating do you most enjoy? And how do you stop the job from quietly expanding to fill every corner of your life?

In this webinar, Danielle Coleman will share her thoughts and experiences from her freelance career on how to make the work feel more fulfilling. She'll look at deciding how much you want (and need) to work, and what that means in practice. She’ll also consider the parts of the translation process you enjoy most, and how choosing subject areas that genuinely interest you can make a real difference to day‑to‑day work.

She’ll also cover how to say no to projects that don’t feel right ethically, clash with longer‑term goals, or would push your workload into something unsustainable.

Alongside this, she’ll look at setting boundaries so that work doesn’t take over your life.

Key take-aways:

• How much you want and need to work, and how to shape your freelance life around that

• Reflect on what you most enjoy about translating, and how to include more of it in your work

• The value of choosing subject areas that genuinely interest you

• Gain confidence in saying no to work that doesn’t fit your ethics, goals or capacity Setting boundaries and maintaining a healthier mindset as a freelancer