Can I make money from my french?

jet77

Thank you soooo soooo much!!!!!

I've got loads to look in to over the weekend now.

Anwen - you're a star!

Anwen_2

Cool I am in and out of work at the moment (health stuff) but I should be in on Monday, so if you need to ask anything call the office and ask for me!

pomeroy

Hi
I sell quite a lot of jewellery on Ebay, I have thought about trying some listings in French, if you are interested in translating some please send me a Private Message

jet77

Hi,

I went self-employed when I was pregnant with my first daughter and did some translation and typing of dissertations/theses for students. I did have a website but it never really seemed to pull in any business. I needed to have the stability of a regular income so ended up back in the rat race again.

Anyway.....you guys motivated me and I'm going to get my brother to design me an 'Online French Translation' service website - should be quite simple - any suggestions as to what I should put on there? I thought just a quick description, and e-mail tab where people can just click and either type what they want translated or attach scanned copies, a fax no. incase they want to fax it and they can just pay by paypal? What do you think?

I work for the NHS at the mo so will have a look round on the intranet for NHS Trusts and councils when I'm at work on mon. I'm not native Belgian though I'm British - would that count to sign up?

The qualifications I'm def going to look into next year. Things are a bit hectic at the mo - I'm already doing a diploma in medical text processing and taking part in the 1024 for nothing challenge on this board.

Allais Francais only seem to have jobs abroad.

I have taken the iol no. down (their email doesn't seem to be working) and will ring them on Mon re: being an interlocutor.

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and I've PM's pomeroy

Thank you to all and please give me any constructive criticism/advice on the website all ideas appreciated!!

Luv Jxxx

SunderlandBlackCat

jpet77 wrote:

Anyway.....you guys motivated me and I'm going to get my brother to design me an 'Online French Translation' service website - should be quite simple - any suggestions as to what I should put on there? I thought just a quick description, and e-mail tab where people can just click and either type what they want translated or attach scanned copies, a fax no. incase they want to fax it and they can just pay by paypal? What do you think?

To give you an idea of the competitons these are the online translation services I've used most

http://www.worldlingo.com/ & http://babelfish.altavista.com/

jet77

Maybe the website won't be a big money spinner if you can get it done for free!! - the acuracy of the free translation isn't spot on though.

rog2

jpet77 wrote:

Maybe the website won't be a big money spinner if you can get it done for free!! - the acuracy of the free translation isn't spot on though.

I agree with your comment on the accuracy of 'free' translation sites jp. I have, in the past, made some money by translating technical documents, mainly machinery handbooks, but this was in the days before the internet, and I approached French and Italian Companies direct. Could be worth a mailshot though.

jet77

I did try mailshots to businesses when I was self employed but average response was 0.5%.

rog2

jpet77 wrote:

I did try mailshots to businesses when I was self employed but average response was 0.5%.

That, unfortunately, sounds about par for the course I'm afraid. I was more fortunate in that I worked in quite a specialist area, and was able to do specific targetting of companies.
I hope something turns up. Language qualifications are generally pretty poor in the UK and I read that it will soon no longer be compulsory to even teach a second language at schools. Is this because every other country is going to speak English? I doubt it! :rolleyes:

addictive_saver

Hi,

This post seems to be of quite interest to me.

I am a Japanese Language professional and have experience of over 3 years, not native Japanese speaker though.


Have done all kind of jobs on freelance basis e.g. Translation, Interpretation, Teaching.

I have arrived in UK 6 months back and trying hard to find the similar kind of assignments and prefer to work on freelance basis.

I have already approached many Translation agencies but no luck, till today.

Any thoughts for me to make money with my Japanese Language skills??

Thanks a lot...
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