Private students will study many issues in translation.

In addition, those with Internet and/or e-mail access will study the issues shown in brown.

How to translate

• General translation methods and skills
• Working so that it does not sound like a translation
• Translating quickly
• Maintaining accuracy despite the speed
• Determining how much to change in a document
  • Being faithful to the original
  • Deviating from the original
• Translation and interpretation
• Finding the definitions of difficult words, terms, and expressions
• Finding the right word
• Looking out for specific words, terms, and expressions when translating
• Using new Hebrew words
• Thinking like a translator

Translation tools

• Using books and manuals
• Using special Hebrew tools
• Using the best dictionaries
• Using the best thesaurus
• Using the best word finders
• Using the best spellers
• Finding other texts that can help
• Using the computer to help you translate
• Using e-mail to help you translate
• Using the Internet to help you translate

Translating representative genres of written material

• Advertisements
• Brochures
• Films and sub-titles
• Humor
• Kodesh
• Literature
• Poetry
• Scientific material
• Translating strange subject areas
• Translating material that you dislike
• Translating books and large documents

Special issues

• Dealing with documents that are not readable
• Dealing with scientific documents
• Dealing with special kinds of documents
• Dealing with documents that are not in your field
• Dealing with rush jobs
• Translating letters and small documents

Different types of translators

• Translating for a company
• Translating privately
• Translating part-time
• Translating full-time

Working with clients

• Finding clients
• Having clients return for more business
• Getting clients from around the world
• Having clients recommend you to others
• Getting jobs as a starting translator, even though you won't get paid as much
• Working with your client
• Avoiding certain clients
• Making an impression on your translation clients
• Dealing with the client who keeps making changes in the document

Charging for your work

• Working as a translator compared to working in other fields
• Charging as a professional
• Getting the best terms for your translation
• Finding clients who pay the best rates
• Billing your translation clients

Translation and your home life

• Dealing with your home
• Dealing with your children
• Dealing with your friends
• Dealing with your spouse
  • Involving your spouse in your work
  • Separating your work and your marriage
  • Combining the advantages of both options
• Managing translation and another job as well
• Working when you want to work

Social aspects of translating

• Having a social life: translation need not be a lonely job
• Getting work from other translators
• Working for somebody else
• Becoming part of the world of translators
• Asking for help

Related services

• Editing techniques
• Proofreading techniques
• Computer techniques

Growing as a translator

• Improving the language you are translating from
• Improving the language you are translating to
• Improving your general language abilities
• Setting up a translation office

Expanding your work

• Advertising
• Developing a reputation as a translator

Earn while you learn

• The teacher cannot handle all of his own potential clients by himself
• Some of the teacher's own jobs jobs are given to his students
  • No guarantee
  • only if the jobs are available at the right time
• You will work on those jobs together with the teacher
  • You will have the comfortable feeling that your work will be acceptable
  • You will be assure that the work will be accepted
• You will get paid for your work by the client
• You will submit that work instead of other assignments
• You may continue to work with that client in the future
• You might actually make money on your private translation course!

Optional fields of study

• Teaching translation
• Writing articles and texts about translation
• Combining linguistics and translation