Your professional translator

Hi everybody! First of all, belated congratulations to all my colleagues ! International Translation Day this year was filled with all kinds of events, both online and offline, in different parts of the world. It is so great to belong to such a wonderful army of smart, beautiful and talented people! I wish you all a prosperous, busy, adventurous and successful year! Another piece of good news is that my post " 10 worst mistakes I made as a freelancer " won ProZ Community Choice Awards as the best post for freelance translators. Big thanks to everybody who voted for it! Today I'd like you to meet another special person and a great professional. Joseph Lambert is an experienced translator, whose specialty fields include sports, marketing, medical, as well as technical translation! He also runs a blog, which is a part of his website jaltranslation.com . So let's meet Joseph Lambert!

Hi there, good people :) I am happy to go on with my Meet the Linguist series and I would like you to meet Sergey Bessonov ! Here's how Sergey describes himself: " Active, young and constantly developing interpreter and translator. New challenging projects are welcome". I had a chance to see the amount of energy and enthusiasm Sergey puts into his work during the three-week course for Russian translators I taught back in April. You can follow Sergey on Twitter ( @sergeybessonov ) or become his fan on Facebook .  As usual, I asked Sergey to answer a few questions. Here are his replies:

Hi there! Remember I promised to go on with my Meet the Linguist series? That's what I am going to do now! I am about to share an interview with an amazing lady who manages to combine full-time freelance translation from Italian and English into Russian with full-time ESL and ISL teaching! So meet Natallia Lupic from Grodno, Belarus! You can check Natallia's website . She also has a Twitter account and a Facebook page . As usual, I asked her a few questions and here are her replies. Enjoy :)

Hi everybody! Happy Friday!  It's a great honor for me to continue with the #followfriday tradition by recommending another great colleague and also a friend, Sarai Pahla . Sarai writes a brilliant blog . Besides, she once took part in my series about translation specialisation. Here you can learn more about how Sarai chose her specialty field. As usual, I asked Sarai some questions and here are her replies. Enjoy :)

Hi everybody! How's your week been? Mine was surely interesting: I had a webinar for Russian-speaking translators, there were 2 birthdays in my family, plus there were a couple very interesting translation projects and a lot of requests from new clients and agencies. Hope at least a couple of them turn into new long-term relationships :) It's Friday, so it's the time to recommend another colleague! Today I'd like to share the interview with Caroline Alberoni . Caroline once took part in my series about keeping healthy and fit as a freelancer. You can read her post here . I really enjoy reading Caroline's blog and her posts in social media and I appreciate this chance to get to know her better. So here's the interview. Enjoy :)

Hi everybody! I am so happy to be back with you. Your reaction to my yesterday's post was amazing. Big thanks to everybody who is praying for peace, too. I am truly blessed, having all your support! As you know, Friday is that special day of the week when I recommend a great colleague. I am very happy to resume this tradition. And the person I am recommending today really deserves our attention. It's Magda Phili . I met Magda a while ago. She even wrote a guest post for my blog once. Her creativity and writing talent continue to amaze me. Have you checked out her blog called " which translates to "? It's a very young blog, but you will definitely love it. It is unique. I asked Magda for an interview and she agreed! So I am happy to share a bit more about her with you:

Happy Friday everybody! Yes, it's that special day of the week when I recommend a new colleague! And today I'd like to recommend Konstantina Drakou ! She is one of those people whose dedication, hard work and vibrant personality make a lasting impression on everybody, including her colleagues and clients. Konstantina is in charge of Wordyrama Translations . You may follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook . In summer, Konstantina also took part in my blog series about specialisation. You can read her post here .  Here are Konstantina's replies to my questions:

Happy Friday! Today I am glad to recommend Suyash Suprabh , one of the best Hindi translators I know. I met Suyash back in 2010 when I was just starting blogging and networking in social media. You can connect with Suyash on LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter . I have asked Suyash to share a bit about himself, and here are his replies.

Happy Saturday, dear readers! It's not Friday, so it's going to be a #follorsaturday recommendation of a fellow linguist. And what a great linguist! Her name is Olga Dyussengaliyeva , she lives in Kazakhstan and is an author of a wonderful blog "More than words" at http://mtw-blog.com/ Olga recently invited me to take part in her new project which is a series of podcasts about different aspects of freelancing. We talked about pros and cons of being a freelancer. If you know Russian  you can listen to the podcast on the side panel of her blog. Olga is also a real professional in using Wordfast, so she decided to help the colleagues who are just strting to use this TM-tool. You can download WFA Essentials right from her blog . Olga recently participated in my other series about staying healthy and fit. You can read her post here . I also asked Olga to answer my questions. Here is the interview.

Hello from snowy Russia! Remember the #followfriday tradition on Twitter? I've been thinking that it would be great to do something similar on Facebook. From now on I will recommend one colleague each Friday on my Facebook business page . Last Friday was my first try and it went great :) I also felt that this tradition could continue in my blog. Catherine Christaki had the same idea and I am very thankful for the support of both Catherine and Tess Whitty. So, I am starting a new rubric called "Meet the linguist" . Soon you will be able to see it among featured rubrics in the upper section of this blog. Why am I starting the rubric? I have two goals: 1. To inspire more networking among linguists. 2. To help people who come across my blog to find a specialist they need.