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The freelancer strategy – everything you need to know about the work of a freelance translator

Working as a freelancer is a dream come true for many. Above all, it offers complete independence: you determine your own working time, decide how many orders you will complete a day, you can also take a day off and go on vacation whenever you feel like it. The second issue is the prospect of earnings – these are usually much higher than when working full-time. However, working as a freelancer is not all roses and it is not only its beginnings that are difficult. Even someone with an established position in the market faces many difficulties in their career. What does freelance work involve? Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of working on your own!

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Five applications for everyday language learning

It is worth knowing foreign languages. This fact is more than true. However, achieving full proficiency in a foreign language ​​requires daily skill polishing. At the same time, you do not have to sign up for an intensive language course, especially when you want to focus on communication skills. What you need today is just a smartphone and one or more dedicated language learning applications to communicate with everyone in the world.

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What are the best films for learning foreign languages? See the TOP 5 globtra.com suggestions

Are you in the process of learning a foreign language? That’s great! Even more so if you work as a translator of any language. Improving your language skills is an inseparable part of working in the translation industry. Besides writing and reading, listening comprehension and the ability to talk freely are also very important aspects. Watching interesting cinematographic works are simple and fun activities that will help you improve those skills. What are the best films for learning a foreign language? We have picked the best five suggestions.

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Watch out, false friends are about!

There are a lot of challenges when it comes to understanding a foreign language, even if you are already an intermediate speaker and can communicate quite well in it. We have previously mentioned idiomatic expressions which can cause confusion or misunderstanding and can be every translator’s or interpreter’s nightmare. Well, it is not the end of the story. There come so called false friends next. It is easy to figure out what false friends could mean in real life but when it comes to a linguistic realm it obviously has something to do with understanding the original meaning which is not so straightforward anymore.

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Transkreacja – znaczenie w tłumaczeniach i marketingu

Czym są tłumaczenia – zapewne doskonale wiesz. Stanowią one nieodłączny element każdej firmy, która myśli o ekspansji zagranicznej i docieraniu do klientów za granicą. Specjalistyczną i bardziej zaawansowaną odmianą tłumaczenia jest transkreacja.

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