14Feb/097
No slowdown in translation industry
So far I do not experience any recession or even slowdown in my translation business (English-Russian and English-Belarusian pairs). The only thing which seems to indicate the symptoms of the global crisis is that most of the clients take longer to make a decision and give a go-ahead for their translation projects. Still I hope things would get even better further this year.
February 26th, 2009 - 18:46
Yes, I agree with this point. Here is an article that says that translators are among 9 “Recession-Proof Careers”: http://transubstantiation.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/good-news-for-translators/
Really good news!
February 28th, 2009 - 17:52
I believe experienced translators would experience no slowdown (in fact, might be willing to have at least a short break between assignments). However, people new to the translation market (for example, recent graduates) may have a harder time trying to find customers.
May 18th, 2009 - 19:12
Arianavoto, yes, you can use any posts from here. Thank you for reading my blog and adding the backlink to it!
January 12th, 2010 - 02:55
I’m an experience translator and I experience a huge slowdown. I had to leave the freelance for an in-house work in another field.
“To whom how”
January 12th, 2010 - 20:29
Looking back to the year 2009 now I can say that there was a slight decline in orders in the 2nd half of the year, specially compared to 2008 (that one was really fat!), but nothing dramatic.
January 20th, 2010 - 20:25
Yes, 2009 was a difficult year – I also slowed down somewhat and had to use my ‘fall-back’ clients more than I would have liked to. But 2010 got off to a very robust start. So, though I may feel like cracking down under the pressure of multiple projects and tight deadlines, I welcome it.
April 3rd, 2010 - 19:49
Here is a good article on this subject: http://translationjournal.blogspot.com/2009/08/translators-and-recession.html