Training for Translators
Episodes
#23: What now? Six options if your freelance business is struggling
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on a webinar I taught today, "What now??" aimed mainly at mid-career freelance translators whose businesses are really strugglin...
#22: 2025, the year in review
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for my annual year in review post! I've been writing year-end review posts for a while. Here's 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. I'll say t...
#21: Six ways to branch out into a new specialization or service offering
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're thinking about shaking things up in your business in 2026 (a good idea in the current economic climate!), tune in for six ideas of how to do...
#20: A beginner miles/points trick that got me a free ticket to London!
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Training for Translators mailing list at https://www.trainingfortranslators.com/ ! In this episode, I describe a pretty basic miles and poi...
#19: Online profile mistakes we're all making
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I've now had about 60 people go through my direct client research lab course, and in looking at their online profiles, I've seen a bunch of common mis...
#18: Before you quit freelancing, try these strategies
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I feel like lots of translators are thinking about finding another career due to all of the AI/MT/Federal government/other challenges these days! If t...
#17: Do you have a freelance business, or two clients and a Gmail address?
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on a LinkedIn post I wrote this week, that generated a lively discussion. If you're finding the current freelance environment h...
#16: How to get back on the marketing wagon
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've all been there! "I was in a great marketing routine, then something happened" (life event, huge project, etc.) "...and now it feels so overwhelm...
#15: Options for self-publishing your writing or translations
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk about how to self-publish something that you wrote or translated, with options ranging from minimum viable product (instant-do...
#14: Q1 of 2025...the best of times, the worst of times?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right now in the translation world, it seems like many people are doing great, or horribly, with very little in between. In this episode, I talk about...
#13: "I'm not making enough money!" Let's dig a little deeper!
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I take a look at three ways to not earn enough money as a freelance translator or interpreter: You don't have enough work, period Yo...
#12.5: March Marketing Madness starts on March 3!
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A quick bonus episode to remind you that my March Marketing Madness challenge group starts on Monday, March 3! Back for year seven (!!), the challenge...
#12: 2024, the year in review
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss how 2024 went, and hopefully this will inspire you to conduct your own year-end business review, if you haven't done one al...
#11: My ChatGPT use cases
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I used to be the ultimate ChatGPT hater, and I've now found a few really helpful use cases for it. In this episode, I describe how I don't find ChatGP...
#10: Avoiding burnout as a freelancer
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Freelancing gives us the freedom to work when we want, how we want—but let's be honest, it often feels more like 'work all the time or risk not gett...
#9: 'Tis the season...for holiday availability nudges!
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you listened to episode six of the Training for Translators podcast, you already know that nudging dormant clients is a) the world' most boring mar...
#8: Is translation a dying profession? Who's doing well right now?
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Corinne McKay discusses the question of whether translation is even worth pursuing as a career. Is it a dying profession? And if...
#7: Some thoughts on freelance income (mine and yours!)
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Corinne McKay discusses freelance translator and interpreter income! Posts from the Training for Translators blog mentioned in this episode: Cor...
#6: Nudging dormant clients
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Corinne McKay discusses why nudging dormant clients (getting back in touch with clients you haven't heard from for a while) is t...
#5: A podcast about how I make this podcast
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I (host Corinne McKay) discuss how I make the Training for Translators podcast, in case you're interested in creating your own podcas...
#4: Finding the motivation to market
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is based on the blog post titled, Reader asks, "How do I find the motivation to market?" This post originally appeared on the Training fo...
#3: Thoughts on working for agencies
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I launched my freelance business in 2002 by applying to over 400 translation companies in my first year of freelancing. Is it still worth applying to ...
#2: Four sources of potential direct clients
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've never worked with direct clients, it's easy to feel stuck before you even get going, because you don't know what types of clients might need...
#1: Pros and cons of pricing by the word, by the project, and by the hour
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pricing is stressful, no matter how long you've been a freelancer! In this episode, host Corinne McKay discusses the advantages and disadvantages of p...