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- Accredited by: CiQCPD Qualification Standards
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- Course delivery: This course is delivered in video format
Course details
Course DetailsAre you fluent in more than one language and interested in building a flexible, rewarding career? The Freelance Translator Training course is your gateway to becoming a professional translator and starting your own freelance business.
This course equips you with essential translation techniques, ethical considerations, industry tools, and business strategies to succeed in today’s competitive global market. You’ll learn how to work with clients, manage projects, and specialize in fields like legal, medical, technical, or literary translation.
Whether you're starting fresh or looking to formalize your skills, this course provides a practical path to a career in freelance translation—on your own terms.
Course Curriculum
Module 01: Introduction to Freelance Translation
- What does a translator do?
- Freelance vs. in-house translation
- Opportunities in the translation industry
- Literal vs. contextual translation
- Avoiding common errors
- Cultural nuances and localization
- Legal, medical, technical, literary, and business translation
- Identifying your niche
- Developing subject matter expertise
- CAT tools and translation memory software
- Machine translation and post-editing
- Glossary and terminology management
- Creating a professional brand and portfolio
- Registering your freelance business
- Setting rates and invoicing
- Finding and retaining clients
- Negotiation and communication
- Managing translation projects
- Ensuring accuracy and consistency
- Confidentiality and ethical standards
- Handling revisions and feedback
- Organizing your workflow
- Dealing with deadlines
- Avoiding burnout as a freelancer
- Building your online presence
- Networking in the language services industry
- Using freelance platforms effectively
- Learn from experienced translators
- Comprehensive and practical curriculum
- Flexible online learning—study anytime, anywhere
- Recognized certification to boost your credibility
- Easy-to-use learning platform
- Downloadable resources and tools
- 24/7 email support and guidance
Eligibility / Requirements
Eligibility/Requirements
- Fluency in at least two languages (native-level in one)
- No prior translation experience required
- Basic computer and internet skills
- Suitable for aspiring translators or bilingual professionals
Job roles this course is suitable for:
Freelance Translator , Translation Project Manager , Localization Specialist , Bilingual Content Creator , Language ConsultantAbout John Academy
John Academy is best known for offering awarding body accredited online courses that are available for anyone who wishes to acquire a certification and take their professional life to the next level. As an online course provider, we are aware of the fact that there are a lot of people out there who consider themselves to be very curious learners but the courses that they are interested in are not available at their convenient time and place. So, we have decided to give them a unique opportunity for them to learn and obtain necessary skills in a very convenient way at any time from anywhere.
Who We Are
We are an online course provider who wants to make sure that the students would be able to learn everything there is a need for them to learn regarding the course that they have enrolled in on our site. So, we see to it that they would be provided with the highest possible standard of online learning. That way, students would be able to use it in the real world – the employment world and at their desired field of interests.
Certification
After you have successfully passed the test, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement. You can however also obtain a Course Completion Certificate following the course completion without sitting for the test. Certificates can be obtained either in hard copy at a cost of £39 or in PDF format at a cost of £24.
PDF certificate's turnaround time is 24 hours and for the hardcopy certificate, it is 3-9 working days.
