in the beginning
to start from the very beginning, well, where does a translator start? chantal wilford’s tips for translators is a good place to begin to learn about the life of a freelancer. from the agency side, check lingo24.com’s translation career guide. or you can learn about the issues that translators deal with on a day-to-day basis by finding the right mailing list. bruno aeschbacher had a long list of mailing lists for every language and topic imaginable. and to learn about how one translator got into the oldest profession, there’s always tim nicholson’s saga 
