Seth Reames

[JITF2022] The Balance Between Services and Remuneration for Professional Interpreters

Seth A. Reames After taking a year off from his U.S. college education at the age of 19 and learning professionally at a translation company in Japan, Seth Reames returned and obtained his und...

Business Aspects to Interpreting for Commerce and Industry: Learning to think like a business owner (Part 3) Offers

Not Off-the-Shelf Because interpreting is a professional service, interpreters cannot sell their offer in the same manner as a physical product. Unlike a banana or a wrench, there is nothing to pu...

Business Aspects to Interpreting for Commerce and Industry: Learning to think like a business owner (Part 2) Value and Pricing

You say: I’m just an individual interpreter who gets almost all of my assignments from a few agencies; I feel more like a hapless laborer with three part-time jobs than an independent business. And my...

Business Aspects to Interpreting for Commerce and Industry: Learning to think like a business owner (Part 1)

Competitiveness: distinguishing your own business from others to win clients and command higher fees Preface For any profession like a medical doctor, financial accountant, notary public, real estate ...

[JIF2018] AMA: How to Build an Ideal Work Portfolio

Seth Reames After being largely raised in Japan, Seth A. Reames started translating professionally at the age of 19 when he interrupted his U.S. college education and spent a year learning the cr...