The quality of your work once someone actually tries you out is what guarantees success as a translator. I am sure that it is also useful to have a high number of kudoz points but if you have a lot of work, you often do not have time for Kudoz.
Dinny wrote:
It was not possible to click on THE one factor that is "the secret of my success"... in fact, it is not a kind of secret, it is just hard work and TIME. I actually missed the option "the quality of my work".
You start by contacting outsourcers, a lot of outsourcers, and eventually some of them will get back to you to have some work done. If you do that work well, they will get back to you.
This goes for each and every outsourcer that you work with. OK, some of them might need you only in this specific moment regardless of your rate being way over what they want to pay. If they need the job done and cannot find anybody else cheaper they will pay what you ask them to pay - but they might not come back if they have other and cheaper options in the future, regardless of your quality.
But "success" is IMHO working with a bunch of good outsourcers that pay the right rate and on time and keep coming back to you because you do a good job.
It DOES take some time to get there, but if you do a good job, there is NO doubt whatsoever that you will get there eventually.
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