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Take our poll: should new clients test your skills or hire you on trust?

The Institute of Translation and Interpreting’s 25th Anniversary Conference took place in Birmingham on 7-8 May. It was a fantastic event that gave us all lots to think about and plenty of great ideas to put into practice. One of the workshops, No translator is an island, examined the sort of human interactions translators have to …

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Posted byMarian Dougan9 May 20118 July 2014Posted inLanguage, QualityTags: free consultation, polls, quality, tests7 Comments on Take our poll: should new clients test your skills or hire you on trust?

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