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    Marketing: Who are my clients and where are they? When we talk about marketing, people normally think about a website, business cards, social networks, etc. Yes, that’s great, but without a strategy, there’s no point to have all this. I’ve seen so many freelance translators and interpreters working really hard to get their…

  Be ready to put your business hat on (and hone your skills as you develop your career). Every freelance translator and interpreter is a businessman/businesswoman. Hence, we need some business knowledge. That doesn’t mean that we need to know everything about business from the very beginning, but the more you know, the more resources…

  You’ve been studying translation and interpreting for three or four years. You’ve been improving your languages and even studied abroad for a while. You’ve been working hard to make the most of your university years. And now these are coming to an end. It may seem scary. Believe me, I’ve been there. I was…

Issue no 9, 31/10/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Story 1: Unlock your potential, Increase your income and Improve your…

                  Interpreting as a career is competitive but rewarding and the demand for interpreters to bridge the language barrier between people and professionals is in high demand, all over the world. If you are completely new to this and want to know what it takes to get…

              The International School of Linguists (ISL) are proud to announce that its Level 6 Diploma in Community Interpreting (DCI) has been recognised by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as one of the qualifications that will allow interpreters to work on all of their interpreting assignments. The DCI will…

At some point in our lives, we will experience some form of stress. Whether it is occupational or personal, knowing how to deal with the situation effectively and knowing how to de-stress, is the key to our own health and wellbeing. Every interpreter is at risk of stress due to the nature of work they undertake. Our…

  Issue no 8, 26/09/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ISL’s Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting has been nominated…

ISL is excited and extremely proud to announce that our Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting qualification has been nominated and shortlisted for not just one, but two E-Learning Awards! In August, we were notified that our Level 3 qualification is a finalist in the Training Journal Awards 2016 in the category ‘Best Private/Commercial Programme’ If that wasn’t…

Freelancing doesn’t come easy but offers plenty of benefits such as, flexibility, chance-to-be-your-own-boss and work across a diverse range of projects. I don’t write this as a freelance expert (I have no claims on that!) but as a marketing professional with advice for marketing your brand. I will start by saying that marketing yourself is a tough assignment and…

You might have read in the news that the CCS framework has recently been awarded. This is big news for interpreters working in the Public Sector because it can have an impact on the type of work opportunities that you will receive and the diversity of the work that you can fulfil. Because of this…