Websites for Translation Work
The number of website dedicated to opportunities for translation work has increased amazingly lately. Translators are invited to check what suites them best depending on their language pairs or specialization domains. Some websites are free, but some require a subscription as a member in order to benefit from all functions offered by the respective website. Most have very useful resources for translation work such as dictionaries and glossaries. Here are some of the best:Proz.com - It is an excellent website. There are lots of jobs posted here every day and translators send quotes to be selected by outsourcers. What is remarkable about this website is the highly active community in forums and the very helpful system of questions and answers on translating terminology. There are other resources such as glossaries and searchable directories of freelance translators and translation agencies. You can post a profile here with lots of useful details about you and get the possibility of a translation job.Aquarius - It is one of the first professional websites. There are a job board and a project board where you can bid on open jobs.TranslatorsCafe - It is one of the most preferred websites. There are a lot of jobs posted daily in many language combinations. Members can bid on job listings. The website also offers many other resources for translators such as information about translation agencies.TranslatorsBase - It is a website that contains a database of translators and a section with freelance projects. Translation job listing is found on the projects page.TradUguide - You can post a profile here hoping to get hired. There's also a marketplace where you can bid on jobs. There are other resources such as searchable directory of freelance translators and translation agencies.GoTranslators - It is a website with a searchable database with many features and a section dedicated to dictionaries. You can post your profile of translator on the website.TranslationDirectory - It is another website for finding translation jobs. Job offers are posted on a board. The directory can be used to find a translator by language pair, or to send job offers to everyone listed under a certain language pair.There are some websites especially for certain languages. Some of them are: Attractif (French), German translator (German), Jfti (Japanese). Other websites are only for certain domains such as Getafreelancer (IT translations) or only for interpreters such as Interpreters Group.Some other useful websites are: Global Translations, Trally, Linguistfinder, Langlance, Foreignword, Lingualance, Translatorplanet, Translator Search, Elance, Language123. But there are many other websites for translation work, international or local. A good advice is to find several websites suited for your expertise and language pairs and then see how they work for your profit.
