by Andrea Capuselli | Apr 3, 2026 | Business, Marketing & Strategy, Freelance Life & Careers
Over the past year, translators across platforms have reported a sharp rise in a familiar —but increasingly sophisticated— scam: the so-called “pay to get paid” scheme. While the names, domains, and stories change, the core mechanism remains the same. Scammers pose as...
by Angela Luana Zalazar Aguirre | Mar 3, 2026 | Freelance Life & Careers, Language Industry & Market Trends
Guest post by David /ダビデ Higbee-Teves When AI and other forces reshape your profession, your first move shouldn’t be action—it should be research. I spent last week working in Redding, California, driving down from Oregon and catching repeated views of Mount Shasta...
by ProZ Team | Sep 16, 2025 | Freelance Life & Careers, Training & Professional Development, Translation, Translation & Interpreting Practice
Guest post by Ekaterina Chashnikova Being an experienced medical translator and a tutor, I often get the same questions from my students and colleagues: is it possible to become a medical translator without a medical, pharmaceutical, or life sciences degree? And (from...
by ProZ Team | Sep 3, 2025 | Freelance Life & Careers
(and why it all started with moving halfway across the world) Guest post by Agostina Babbo Let’s get one thing out of the way: A workcation is not about working from a beach in Bali or sipping cocktails with your laptop by the pool. It’s about something much...