Translator Training Articles on The Translator’s Studio

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Review of the Advanced Spanish-to-English Translation Course by its first trainee, Lucy Williams. Lucy is now Gwen’s collaborator at The Translator’s Studio. Author: Lucy Williams.

This article points language graduates in the right direction towards becoming a professional translator: getting experience, specialising and doing further qualifications. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This article will help you consider the pros and cons of an MA in translation studies versus the DipTrans, and other options to qualify as a Spanish-to-English translator. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This post will help you prepare for the next IoLET Diploma in Translation exam. Author: Lucy Williams.

This article explains why I failed the DipTrans first time around, to help you pass. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This article will tell you where to find free quality translations that you can use to help you practise for the DipTrans exam run by the Chartered Institute of Linguists. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This article outlines the translation challenges you’ll meet in DipTrans paper 1, the general paper, which is a journalistic text. It’ll help you in your preparations to sit the exam. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

Find out about the papers from the 2017 DipTrans exam. Discover strategies my course trainees used in the Diploma in Translation exam. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This post by an ex-trainee on our DipTrans preparation course will give you the lowdown on the Spanish-to-English DipTrans exam 2018. Author: Alexandra Mollyneaux.

A personal story about the writer’s experience of sitting and resitting the Diploma in Translation exam offered by the Chartered Institute of Linguists. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

Information on how to get DipTrans past papers to help you in your preparation for the IoLET Diploma in Translation exam. Includes information on my free mock Spanish-to-English DipTrans exam papers. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

Translation of a mock general IoLET Diploma in Translation past paper, for Spanish-to-English translators to use to practise for the exam. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

A big concern among trainees on my DipTrans course is what to do if they don’t understand something in the DipTrans exam. This article will give you some ideas. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

Guidance on how to improve your proofreading, to be the translator that every agency pursues. Author: Gwenydd Jones.

This article describes nine mistakes that Spanish-to-English translators repeatedly make. How many apply to you? Author: Gwenydd Jones.

New to translation? This article contains tips on how to develop your own specialist fields. Author: Lucy Williams.

This article describes nine mistakes that Spanish-to-English translators repeatedly make. How many apply to you? Author: Gwenydd Jones.