when one client takes all your time that is a boss and you have a job, not a client and freelancer relationship.
当客户占光你的时间的时候,你们是老板和员工的关系,而非客户和自由职业者。
look for clients and submit your letters to job boards, but pretend like you’re the only freelancer around.
在招聘网站上贴出简历来寻找客户,并且要试图让对方相信你是唯一适合的自由职业者。
for the lazy or timid freelancer (can there be such a thing?) this may sound daunting, and it might not be the environment they would like to work in.
对于懒散或者胆怯的自由职业者来说(有这样的事?)这听起来让人畏缩,这也不是他们乐意掺合的工作环境。
however, the transition from a freelancer to becoming the head of a team – a business owner – is one of the hardest things to do.
然而,从一名自由职业者到一个团队的领袖 -企业主的转变是一件非常困难的事情。
「i feel isolated as a freelancer and have had no health insurance since the start of the year; it’s too expensive, 」 she says.
她说:「作为一名自由职业者,我觉得自己被孤立了,今年开始我就没有健康保险。代价太大了。」
not only does a good freelancer have better-than-average creative skills, she needs a bit of accounting, a smattering of contract law, a dash of operations and plenty of marketing.
however, gaining a foothold as a freelancer in a very competitive translation market may turn out to be a pretty complicated business.
然而,作为一个自由职业者要在一个竞争非常激烈的翻译市场获得立足,可能最终会事与愿违。
you’ll never know when that freelancer you meet is going to be sick or swamped with work and will need your help.
你永远不会知道你遇到的自由职业者可能正生病或者工作繁忙,而需要你的帮助。
indeed, since each of us needs money to live, and work is the usual way to obtain your employment, the fact that you are an employee, freelancer or contractor, plays a very important role.
「for us to train a freelancer on each project is way more time-consuming than to just have someone who knows the brands we're working with, 」 she explains.