To open a translation agency, you will need a small office space, equipped as standard, and the registration of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur. The promotion of a translation company and the selection of qualified employees will require non-standard solutions. An entrepreneur who decides to start a translation business should first think about the last two tasks.
It is necessary
- - certificate of registration of an individual entrepreneur or legal entity;
- - an office equipped with landline telephones and computers connected to the Internet;
- - editor, administrator and lawyer on a permanent basis;
- - several translators on a permanent basis or working remotely;
- - a database of remote translators, including those specializing in less common languages and "simultaneous interpreters";
- - advertising business card site.
Instructions
Step 1
Find an employee who will become your "right hand" and help organize your work - an editor. It will be good if it is your friend, and certainly a linguist by education. Only a professional can always distinguish a truly qualified translator from a second-rate one.
Step 2
Decide whether you will recruit translators or work with remote employees. The editor mentioned above, as well as the administrator and the lawyer (required for the provision of the notarized translation service) must in any case be on the staff of your office. The selection of translators should be done by an experienced editor.
Step 3
Make a list of the services your translation company will provide. In addition to the widespread translation from / into English, French and German, it can be translation from "exotic" languages, notarized translation, oral translation. Many translation agencies also provide layout (prepress) services for materials that are planned to be published in the form of a brochure or booklet.
Step 4
Create a website for your translation agency - market players unanimously call the website the most effective tool for promoting this business. Do not spare funds for the "promotion" of the resource, they will soon pay off in full. To get into the city directory of goods and services, however, will also be useful.
