Time to hit reset?
It's Wednesday, and I've already turned down five jobs.
The jobs I do accept (the ones I told you about yesterday) are the ones I really want. I don't take on work because I have no choice, or because I feel lucky to still get good project offers. Luck won't pay the bills.
I can be picky because I've cracked the code on becoming my clients' go-to translator.
If I'm fully booked, they'll wait for me. Move the meeting with the lawyer. Let me phone in to court if I can't be there in person. And although my translation clients need everything yes.ter.day, they generally accept my delivery dates (not always, lol). My editing and proofreading clients will shift deadlines for me.
And I give them my best every single time. Not out of obligation. Because I still love this work.
Becoming a Go-To didn't happen by accident. It happened because I stopped relying on one service, one client type, one way of being found.
As a coach, here's what I've seen inside Bilingual Success Academy: the translators holding steady right now are the ones who diversified. Multiple services. Multiple client types. A presence that makes agencies think of them first for the work AI can't handle well.
If the first half of this year didn't go the way you planned, Q3 is your reset.
That's exactly why I built Go-To Translator: 90-Day Sprint. It's a structured, 90-day program built on the DEEP framework: Diversify, Elevate, Expand, Prosper.
You get tools, coaching calls, and a community of translators doing the same work alongside you.
The beta price is $197 CAD. It goes up to $297 CAD for the next cohort in Q4, and there are only 20 spots.
On Saturday, I'll be walking through several language services you can start adding in July, so you leave the workshop with real options to explore as part of the Q3 cohort.
Workshop:
Language Skills to Pay the Bills
Date and time: Saturday, June 27 at 10 AM Eastern. Free.
To your success,
Catharine
P.S. Registering for the workshop puts you on the priority list for Go-To Translator. No commitment, just first access if you know it's time to shift gears.
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