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Fadwa

To the amazing community of the open mic,

I am a freelance translator but I have not started my own website yet. I am planning to do so next year as I will be done with my master.

so i am using about.me and Twitter as my platforms so far. For Twitter, I would like to add a pinned post with a picture that explained the types I do, the language pairs, I work with SDL Trados, clients, and references.

SO the question is what other things I should add or should not? Is there any expectation that I should meet? Any advice will be great.

Thank you so much

ClaudiaBefu

Fadwa Although I worked many years as a freelancer, I never had a website. I think that having a professional photo would also help, if you want to find work. It's a little investment, but it's nice to have a consistent appearance online.

I also think that, before building your website, you can start writing articles on the open mic. Share with the community and, at the same time, do a bit of content marketing for yourself. This will also help you stand out to potential employers. ?

eleonorang

Fadwa Hey, Fadwa ? This is a really nice idea! I think the question should not really be what to include because you know better than anyone else what your strengths and highlights are, but rather the way you enter that information and make it appealing to the viewer. All you'll get is a couple of seconds of attentions from passersby and you've got to make those count ? Make it colorful but not bizarre, make it useful and informative without turning it into a wall of text ? Good luck!

Fadwa

ClaudiaBefu that was helpful, thank you. Yes, I am going to use a photo along with the header to all my accounts to have one theme and identity. I started translating articles into Arabic and post them on my Linkedin but writing articles will also add a great value. Thanks again.

ClaudiaBefu

Fadwa You are translating into a very interesting language: Arabic. A little guide for translating from and into Arabic would be very interesting. Also for localization managers.

Once I managed an app translation to Arabic and I had a hard time finding some basic facts for taking the right decisions: Arabic is spoken in many countries, but which variation is the best for translation? Reading direction, copy-pasting from word to Facebook - we found out the hard way that parts of the texts disappeared when we did that. Or how to deal with proper names that shouldn't be translated?

It's a fascinating topic. ?