Under the auspices of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, YourTranslator.gr has decided to celebrate its second birthday by organising a networking event in Athens, at Bartesera on Saturday, 30 November, at 7 pm. Let’s share our ideas Which company model is the right one for me? How can I find customers? What are the right ways to use social media? Let’s share our ideas, give and take…
Interview of the month – Alexandra Karanikolou
Interview of the month – Alexandra Karanikolou (Translator-visual media translator) Y: Tell us a little bit about yourself. How did you decide to take up subtitling and what do you do today? Α.Κ.: I went into subtitling 20 years ago, as an amateur. I had never studied translation or subtitling. My degree was in Chemistry and I was teaching Chemistry classes at schools. However,…
Yourtranslator.gr in Malaysia, 5 days – more than 105 countries!
We met people from all over the world and we made dreams with them. Global Startup Youth and the Global Entrepreneurship Summit came to an end and we came back home with unique experiences and new ideas for a future filled with optimism! The GSY event, which was organised for the first time in the world in Malaysia with the initiative of Dash Dhakshinamoorthy,…
Presentation of Yourtranslator at http://www.epixeiro.gr/
– We speak your clients’ language! Our history dates back to 2003 when we met at the Ionian University for our studies: Translation and Interpreting. We followed parallel paths regarding our postgraduate studies (Aliki studied Chinese in Scotland and China, Marina Turkish in Turkey and the Netherlands and Dina International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus). After we had gained some…
An interview with Vassiliki Knitou, literary translator and winner of the EKEMEL award 2011
From July on, we will try to feature an interview with a translator or language specialist on our blog each month. This way you can get acquainted with successful professionals of the sector who share their secrets and ideas with us. Without further ado, we present to you the first interview of the month with Vassiliki Knitou, winner of the EKEMEL award 2011 for the…
Interview on Growing
Our history dates back to 2003 when we met at the Ionian University for our studies: Translation and Interpreting. We followed parallel paths regarding our postgraduate studies (Aliki studied Chinese in Scotland and China, Marina Turkish in Turkey and the Netherlands and Dina International and European Studies at the University of Piraeus). After we had gained some work experience, we decided to work on…
Yourtranslator’s first birthday party!
After one year of online operation, it was crucial for us to meet the team of our translators. This was the idea behind the organization of yourtranslator’s first birthday party, an event that aimed to bring all of us together to discuss about everything, but first and foremost to know each other better! It was actually one of these days that we had the…
The underestimation of translation; how to fight against ignorance
Let’s face it; most people underestimate the work us translators do. This comes from many different sources throughout our life and is in most cases the result of a general ignorance of translation, its difficulties, and its value. -Underestimation by friends/acquaintances When I was studying translation, I often had to respond to offensive remarks from people I knew, ranging from complete ignorance (Are you…
The importance of good “supplier service”
It is no news to you, I am sure, how important it is for a company or service to have good customer service. The best companies always pay the utmost attention to the people they hire for these positions and usually monitor them on a daily basis to make sure they behave nicely to customers (sometimes even in a scary, Big Brother sort of…