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F12W Sneak Peek 3: Skills, colleagues and choices

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2025/09/29

Welcome to the third and final sneak peek of The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation Career, the course designed to support new freelance translators through the difficulty early months of their career. In this sneak peek: block 3, which is all about skills, colleagues and choices. For more information, or to register, head to: www.bwtranslation.co.uk/f12w-2025

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F12W Sneak Peek 2: Clients, marketing and positioning

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2025/09/22

Welcome to the second sneak peek of The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation Career, the course designed to support new freelance translators through the difficulty early months of their career. In this sneak peek: block 2, which is all about clients, marketing and positioning. For more information, or to register, head to: www.bwtranslation.co.uk/f12w-2025

02:58

F12W Sneak Peek 1: Productivity, project management...

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2025/09/15

Welcome to the first sneak peek of The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation Career, the course designed to support new freelance translators through the difficulty early months of their career. In this sneak peek: block 1, which is all about productivity, project management and pricing. For more information, or to register, head to: www.bwtranslation.co.uk/f12w-2025

05:14

Announcement: The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation...

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2025/09/08

We are delighted to announce The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation Career, a miniseries of the podcast being released as a structured course to support new freelance translators through those difficult early months. For more information, or to register, head to: www.bwtranslation.co.uk/f12w-2025 Sneak peeks will be posted here over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!

01:29

S3-S4 Summer holiday announcement

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2025/08/07

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S3E8 - Joachim Lépine - AI

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2025/03/12

Our guest for this episode is Joachim Lépine, who joins us to talk about artificial intelligence (AI), and the impact it is already having – and will only continue to have – on the translation profession, and how translators can best navigate this brave new world by emphasising the value that humans bring to the translation process. Guest: Joachim (Joe) Lépine was born into a French-speaking family in Belgium and grew up in the U.S.A. before moving to Quebec in 2006. When he took his first

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S3E7 - Claire Shih - Translation process

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2025/03/05

This episode we’re joined by Claire Shih, of UCL’s Centre for Translation Studies, to talk about her work on what’s going on in the translator’s mind as they work, and particularly her recent research into how translators use search engines. Guest: Claire Shih Dr Claire Shih is Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at UCL’s Centre for Translation Studies and has been lecturing in the UK for more than 20 years. Her research focuses on translators’/interpreters’ behaviour,

47:23

S3E6 - Hosts - Business continuity

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2025/02/26

As freelancers, we’re responsible for every aspect of our business at all times - including when things go wrong. Join your three regular cohosts to talk through how we plan to prevent business interruptions, and what we do when they inevitably arise. Hosts: David Stockings LinkedIn / Website Nick Nicou LinkedIn Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on

42:14

S3E5 - Katherine Capaldi & Roz Howarth - Parenting

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2025/02/19

Parenting as a freelancer can be challenging, but also hugely rewarding. This episode we’re joined by Katherine Capaldi and Roz Howarth, who are both involved in running the ITI Parent and Carer Network, to talk about how to survive and thrive as a freelance parent. Guests: Katherine Capaldi Katherine Capaldi is a freelance translator working from French, Spanish and Portuguese into English, mainly in retail, market research and academic research. She is also the Network Co-Ordinator for the ITI

44:58

S3E4 - Hosts - Time management

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2025/02/12

In this host-only episode, we’re getting into the nitty-gritty details of how we manage our schedules as freelancers so that we can make the most of our time, whilst also keeping the ‘free’ in ‘freelancing’. Hosts: David Stockings LinkedIn / Website Nick Nicou LinkedIn Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on s2tpodcast@gmail.com.

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S3E3 - Hosts - Translation workflows

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2025/02/05

This episode your three regular hosts get together to talk about how we manage our translation workflows and ensure that we are consistently delivering the kind of quality service that our clients expect from us. Hosts: David Stockings LinkedIn / Website Nick Nicou LinkedIn Hannah Lawrence LinkedIn / Website You can also follow the podcast on LinkedIn for updates about the show and other resources for new and prospective translators, or email us on s2tpodcast@gmail.com.

47:31

S3E2 - Ryan Bury & Olivia Cockburn - Project management

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2025/01/29

This episode, we’re talking all things project management, primarily from an outsourcer’s perspective, and we’re joined by two excellent guests – Ryan Bury and Olivia Cockburn – to do just that. Guests: Ryan Bury Translator, project manager and team leader with over a decade of experience in the UK language services industry, now pursuing new opportunities in Montreal, Canada. LinkedIn Olivia Cockburn Olivia is a translator of Spanish, Latin and Portuguese into English and she has run a

46:48

S3E1 - Susie Jackson - Business planning

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2025/01/22

Business planning is something that many freelance translators – especially new ones – find intimidating. Fortunately we are joined in this episode by Susie Jackson, a freelance translator and business mentor, to talk it all through. Guest: Susie Jackson Susie is a finance and pricing mentor to freelancers, helping them to figure out how much they should be charging and how to manage the financial side of their business so they can earn a decent living doing what they love. She also works freelance

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S3E0 - Special - The Year in Translation 2024

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2025/01/08

What were the key takeaways in the translation and interpreting world in 2024? And what should we be focussing on as a profession as we head into the new year? We’re joined by two members of the Board of Translation and Interpreting to talk about these massive questions. Guests: Sara Robertson FRSA FIIC Sara trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art where she specialised in historic building conservation. She arrived at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) in 2023 having

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S2E7 - Jacqueline Ball - Subtitler

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2023/08/16

Jacqueline Ball, German-English subtitler extraordinaire, joins us for our final profile of the season. How did Jacqueline get into subtitling and why does she love it so much? And what steps should you take if you also want to get into subtitling? Guest Jacqueline Ball https://about.me/jacqueline_ball https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinesball/ We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on Twitter (@S2TPodcast) or by email (s2tpodcast@gmail.com). Hosts David

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S2E6 - Lynne Bowker - Machine Translation

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2023/08/09

Prof Lynne Bowker joins us to talk about the important working being done in the Machine Translation Literacy Project. Translators are not the only users of MT - in fact, we're probably not even the main users. So what do non-translator users of MT understand about the technology? How do they use it? And why does this matter to us as translators? Guest Prof Lynne Bowker https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/415 Machine Translation Literacy Project

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S2E5 - Daniela Ford - Technology (part 2)

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2023/08/02

Part 2 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This time, we're focusing on MT and how technology has changed the way we work, particularly how we research our translations. Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will very likely come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode. Guest Daniela Ford

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S2E4 - Daniela Ford - Technology (part 1)

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2023/07/26

Part 1 of 2 of our conversation with Daniela Ford about technology in the translation industry. This first part we mainly talk about CAT tools - what they are, how they work and what benefits they can bring. Part 2 to follow next week. Please note that this conversation was recorded before ChatGPT exploded into public awareness, and that's the only reason it's not mentioned. We will in all likelihood come back to ChatGPT and similar AI tools in a later episode. Guest Daniela Ford

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S2E3 - Janet Wolckenhaar - Translator

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2023/07/19

This episode we have another of our profiles of working language professionals, this time with Janet Wolckenhaar. It's a fascinating conversation that proves just how many opportunities really are out there in the language profession if you look properly. Guest Janet Wolckenhaar https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetwolckenhaar/ https://www.ciol.org.uk/member-check/profile/54249/17924 We'd love to hear your feedback or suggestions for topics! You can reach us on Twitter (@S2TPodcast) or by email

34:29

S2E2 - Sarah Silva - Specialisation

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2023/07/12

Continuing with the question of specialisation, our guest this episode is Sarah Silva, also known as The Chemical Translator. How did she combine her love of chemistry and language? And just how niche should you go? Do you risk putting limitations on yourself by specialising too narrowly? (Spoiler alert: no.) Guest Sarah Silva https://chemicaltranslator.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahsilvatranslator/ https://www.instagram.com/sarah_translates/ @ChemicalTrans on Twitter

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