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Manuel Alejandro Arciniegas Rivera
Manuel Alejandro Arciniegas Rivera  Identity Verified
Sepanyol
Local time: 20:35
Bahasa Sepanyol hingga Bahasa Inggeris
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Nov 6, 2015

Hello

Recently I noticed how I am becoming more popular at Proz
after getting WWAs and answering Kudoz,
I am receiving e-mails at least once a week with work offers.
Because I appear on the freelance search,

I would like to know though,
how can freelancers use the directories to find work-
A lot of people here complain about the job postings
and how difficult is to get work there.

In my experience, I was contacted by so... See more
Hello

Recently I noticed how I am becoming more popular at Proz
after getting WWAs and answering Kudoz,
I am receiving e-mails at least once a week with work offers.
Because I appear on the freelance search,

I would like to know though,
how can freelancers use the directories to find work-
A lot of people here complain about the job postings
and how difficult is to get work there.

In my experience, I was contacted by someone who needed
3000 words translated and I was lucky to be given that opportunity.
It worked and I want to get more clients, so can you tell me how
do you search for them and contact them?

Thanks

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Andrea Halbritter
Andrea Halbritter  Identity Verified
Perancis
Local time: 21:35
Bahasa Perancis hingga Bahasa Jerman
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The agencies contact you Nov 6, 2015

Hello Caroneiro,

I do not contact them, they find me on the directory and contact me.

Andrea
 
Edward Vreeburg
Edward Vreeburg  Identity Verified
Belanda
Local time: 21:35
Ahli (2008)
Bahasa Inggeris hingga Bahasa Belanda
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outsmart the competition Nov 8, 2015

be available when they are not
make sure you deliver quality
visit business coffee mornings, meet other people, increase your network

randomly contacting agencies or other translators does not help, I get tons of those each week and they go straight to the bin (usually because they are scams, but even the legitimate ones)...
(and NO I don't need Korean - Swahili translators)


If you really want to contact agencies, check out which ones are in th... See more
be available when they are not
make sure you deliver quality
visit business coffee mornings, meet other people, increase your network

randomly contacting agencies or other translators does not help, I get tons of those each week and they go straight to the bin (usually because they are scams, but even the legitimate ones)...
(and NO I don't need Korean - Swahili translators)


If you really want to contact agencies, check out which ones are in the same business (be that technical, medical, legal or something else) ...as you and what you really have to offer them (besides lower rates).... are you THE expert in a field of interest??)...
Then call them, visit them and send them your CV...
(they usually post a job if they actually need peopple, very few agencies have/take the time to find new and amazing transators when they don't have jobs for them)......


Anyway, it's probably best to look for direct client anyway, if you are going to spend time finding new sources of income....

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