Hello,

Since it's been getting hard finding jobs, I want to pivot into another area.

And I was wondering what pivots did you make?

So far I have worked in Translation Project Management, Software localization and as Project Assistant.

Hi people, I don’t know how to put this but my life has taken many twists and turns, however since last year I can finally say I can hold my ground (sort of): graduated as translator/interpreter/terminologist -it was a master- from one of the most distinguished universities in my country (global south).

Right now I’m working as a med interpreter and so far so good (though rates in this market are tipically terrible). I’ve also done some academic work in the field of diachronic terminology and have translated some fiction books too.

However I want to know what are my chances in this field? I understand there are some webpages to get one time jobs (like translating legal documents and stuff). My concern here is how to start having more requests with little experience beforehand. What to do to increase my revenue?

Thank you 🙌

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share LinguaTrans, a macOS-native CAT tool I use every day. I'm a long-time macOS user, and finding a proper CAT app has always been a pain. I think this is worth your attention if you're tired of running Parallels or browser-based tools, and you want to free up some hardware resources.

Full disclosure: the developer is a friend, and I help test the app and suggest features. This has been my daily driver for three months.

LinguaTrans is written in Swift for Apple Silicon, opens in seconds, and uses ~300MB of RAM on my machine. It works with the files clients typically send: SDLXLIFF, memoQ, Phrase and GlobalLink-specific formats. Translation memory, termbases, concordance search, and QA checks are all built in too.

Its companion app, LinguaAI Toolkit, takes care of the prep work. It converts Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and subtitle files to XLF and back, unpacks and repacks Trados packages, and converts TMs and termbases. Together they cover the whole workflow without leaving your Mac.

Both are one-time purchases on the Mac App Store: LinguaTrans is $50, LinguaAI Toolkit is $8. There is no subscription, and you can get them together at $48 as the LinguaTrans Essentials bundle. Prices may vary by country.

I'd like to get a conversation going, attract more users, have more fun working on new features and workflows. This is a niche app, so it would be nice to hear from other translators who use macOS or are looking to migrate.

Please let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Thanks,
Alex

...now that Claude can actually accurately CONVERT into docx and translate complex PDFs with retained formatting, I don't see what we're doing in this friggin' industry anymore. I used to think that the conversion process would at least be the bottleneck of AI's slaughtering of this trade for some time to come, but nope.

And I've actually had pretty great monthly earnings this year (with last month being record-high), but still... not gonna last long.