Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Big dreams of a translator




Britt C., 32 yrs, is a freelance translator based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She loves to walk her dog at night and spend her free time in the cozy coffee place across from her apartment. Sipping on a big Latte her thoughts often wander to the future. Although translating is her passion, she often dreams about developing a bigger business for herself, a translation agency.



Getting started as an agency, however, involves a variety of tasks. Britt will have to set up a professional profile including a website and business cards while continuing to build her client base and look for a team of qualified translators to work with. Administrative tasks like creating invoices or more technical tasks like updating Translation Memories need to be taken care of while keeping herself updated about the latest developments of the industry. As her translation projects are pouring in, she feels overwhelmed at times trying to stay on top of many different clients, schedules and deadlines lacking the time or energy to fulfill her dream and develop as an agency.


Not too long ago Britt learnt about Project SoKo, an international company based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After the first phone call with Project SoKo, Britt is introduced to important key factors like successful time management and outsourcing. As her virtual Project Assistant Project SoKo can provide Britt with some easy but very efficient outsourcing solutions for her small company, tailored to her individual needs. By executing time-consuming and unprofitable tasks for Britt like gathering payment details from translators or updating work schedules, she will be able to fully focus on translating and growing her own business offering high quality multilingual translation services.


The other day Britt met one of her fellow freelancers in her favorite café and gave him a valuable piece of advice: Be smart and outsource the tasks someone else can do more efficiently and in a more professional way. By working with Project SoKo, I do not have to pull all-nighters anymore trying to take care of time-consuming tasks. Eventually I will start to earn more money as an agency and I have more time on my hands to focus on my area of expertise!